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wetskier2000 
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 Topic: Bearing BuddiesPosted: February-21-2013 at 8:17pm |
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I've read that greasing Bearing Buddies does not grease the actual bearings, only the spring pressurized seal for the bearings. Is that true?
Also, I get lots of grease slung onto the outer wheel... Ideas on that? thanks, Rick |
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: February-21-2013 at 8:34pm |
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Rick,
You may be overfilling. If the grease is on the outside of the wheel, get some Bearing Bras. If on the inside, your seals are shot. Yes, they do lube the bearings. Where did you read they didn't? |
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wetskier2000
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Posted: February-21-2013 at 9:31pm |
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I read it on the internet, that makes it true, doesn't it?
 I pulled out the docs for my TCF Posi-lube (forgive me for calling it bearing buddy). And sure enough, as you said, it greases the entire unit. It doesn't really say what full or overfull might be. I always have just kept adding new grease until the old stuff has been completely displaced. |
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Posted: February-21-2013 at 9:36pm |
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Posted: February-21-2013 at 9:43pm |
I feel you are overfilling. Don't worry about purging all the old grease. |
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Posted: February-21-2013 at 9:49pm |
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Buddies are not meant to replace the grease just top it it off and only by hand do not use a pneumatic gun or you will surely blow out the seals.
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Posted: February-21-2013 at 11:42pm |
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You can see how much to fill them by watching the spring/cap it will push out til it tops out-it's full then. Get some BB bras. Don't overfill and you won't get greasy wheels.
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Posted: February-25-2013 at 1:56pm |
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I'll heed the overfill advice here... I guess it's fortunate that I dug in a little deeper on the wheels, tires and bearings, since I'm leaving in 9 days... I decided to test the brakes, which an October road test showed as working... I ratchet strapped the coupler and the left side brake was working, but the right side spun freely... UHOH! I adjusted the right side shoes, no difference. I could get it to lockup but only by overadjusting which engaged the right brakes with or without the ratchet strap...
Local trailer place did not have DICO parts in stock, but did have another brand. The guy was quite certain I could bolt the loaded backing plate right on. I also bought new inner seals even though they were not leaking, they are 16 years old. He did have just the replacement wheel cylinder in stock, but considering the trailer's age and that it's going 3000 miles, I opted for full replacement. I thought the price was kind of steep, but they where in stock and local. Glad I opened the "working" side...  
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Posted: March-04-2013 at 5:11pm |
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All fixed up... learned a few things.. The loaded Dexter backing plates worked perfectly in place of the Dico stuff. There is a small plate that needs to be removed from the coupler that surrounds the breakaway arm. It allows the arm to be manually used to activate the MC and allows manual bleeding. I could not get a good fluid stream using my MityVac. Using the breakaway arm, I could.
I did not fill the PosiLubes as much, but I have concerns... There isn't any spring-tensioned plate as described in Bearing Buddy setups. The Zerk feeds thru the spindle to the inner bearing as well as to the outer. I think the PosiLube is more like just having a regular old dustcap in place... I'm concerned that not filing that cavity will lead to water in the bearings... thoughts?? thanks Fla here we come! |
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Posted: March-04-2013 at 6:06pm |
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I gotta say I know nothing about posi-lube.
I have never had a problem using bearing buddies which let you fill the void you are referring to. |
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