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No disassembly required just attach a grease gun at the spindle end and inject the grease. Two Dexter philosophies are at.
Make sure the grease gun nozzle is fully engaged on the fitting.
Dexter ez lube hub removal. Dexter EZ Lube Hub Removal Question I have the TT jacked up removed the rubber plug and see the retained but it will not come off. Join the 1 RV Forum Today - Its Totally Free. EZ Lube Dust Caps like DC200L-DCRP have a rubber plug that can be removed to access the zerk fitting.
The rubber plug can be removed by gently prying it up with a flathead screwdriver. If your dust cap is in good condition and you want to avoid getting dents in the cover you can use the Dust Cap Driver Tool to remove the cap. Counterclockwise while holding the hub stationary.
Remove the cotter pin from the spindle nut. For E-Z Lube axles produced after February of 00 a new type of retainer is used. Gently pry off retainer from the nut and set aside.
Unscrew the spindle nut counterclockwise and remove the spindle washer. Remove the hub from the spindle being careful not to allow. Remove the rubber plug from the end of the grease cap.
Place a standard manual grease gun onto the grease fitting located in the end of the spindle. Make sure the grease gun nozzle is fully engaged on the fitting. While rotating the hub pump grease slowly into the fitting.
Testing and manufacturing of trailer axles. The Dexter running gear system consists of spindles hubs drums and brakes which are engineered to provide you the finest towing and stopping performance currently available in the industry today. Two Dexter philosophies are at.
First off we will take off the hub then take off the nut on the inside and we will pop the whole hub off and take it to the workbench and clean it up from there. You can see there is a lot of rust in there there is a lot of condensation. Basically water got in there through either condensation or a seal leak.
The service adviser at my dealer says that they are not a fan of the E-Z Lube process and prefer to disassemble the hubs and manually service them. Of course they are also selling labor. With the low mileage on my RV I see no need to disassemble the hubs for any visual inspection.
Do I have the Dexter E-Z Lube Axles on my 2021 311BHS. I know its best to repack bearings manually but if I ever needed to add some grease while traveling and didnt have the option to repack manually it would be good to know if I had the E-Z Lubes where I could squirt in some grease until I was able to take care of them properly. Without jacking the RV up and taking off the wheel or.
The Dexter EZ Lube are a totally different design there is a passage for the new grease to pass through the hub cavity and to the rear bearing. You need to be careful and do your own homework. The EZ lube are a good design but every 2 years or 10K I still suggest pulling the hub and doing a hand repack this gives you a good chance to inspect.
If you are going to want a new kind of grease in the bearings you need to remove the hubs and remove the bearings. Clean bearings and hubs. Reinstall hubs and wheels and use grease gun to fill the bearings and hubs until grease comes out.
Do this and you will be good to go. Max - ex mechanic. I suspect the scheduler didnt know these are sealed bearings.
I decided to do it myself and discovered they are sealed bearings when I called Dexter to get part numbers for the seals. The video shows that removing the hubs isnt hard you just need a darn good snap-ring plier as the large snap ring is STRONG. The hubs should be removed every 12 months or 12000 miles to inspect the bearings and it is imperative to replace the seal at this time to assure that the grease does not leak out the back onto the brake linings rendering the brakes non-functional.
If your axle is equipped with the Dexter E-Z Lube feature the bearings can be periodically lubricated without removing the hubs from the axle. When grease is pumped into the zerk it is channeled to the inner bearing and then flows back to the outer bearing and eventually back out the grease cap hole. E-Z Lube equipped axles are subject to the maintenance and inspection procedures regarding brakes hubs bearings seals wheels and tires as outlined in Dexters current operation maintenance service manual.
Trailer axle lubrication made simple. Easily purges contaminated grease without removing the hub. We had a SunnyBrook trailer with the Dexter EZ-Lube axles.
They took grease and flushed the old grease as advertised for about two seasons before the inner seal on one of the axles failed and allowed grease to get in the brake shoe area. There was mention of Dexter EZ Lube system in Dexter manual included with my owners papers but it also talked about the traditional wheel bearings. I wanted to know if mine had the EZ lube axle but couldnt find any way to determine it from my paperwork.
I decided to remove the dust cap on the wheel to see what was behind it. Pleasantly surprised to find it is the EZ Lube axle. Step-by-step procedure first remove the rubber plug from the end of the grease cap then place a standard manual grease gun onto the grease fitting located at the end of the spindle next while rotating the hub or drum pump grease slowly into the fitting the old displaced grease will begin to flow back out of the cap around the grease gun nozzle When the new clean grease is observed remove the grease gun.
Allows grease to easily flow both the inner and outer bearings for a complete repack. No disassembly required just attach a grease gun at the spindle end and inject the grease. E-Z Lube cap allows for easy access extra protection and virtually no mess.
Aug 18 2015. So I decided to grease my wheel bearings. On removing the first wheel found out I had EZ Lube system.
Didnt know until now Went to UTube to understand the greasing method it also is the same as the Dexter manual. Add grease until old comes out just like the norm using a jerk fitting. Save up to 50 off on select trailer hubs.
Wholesale pricing is avilable. EZ Lube bearing repack corundum. I am leaving on a trip August 8th to Georgia.
Its roughly 4000 miles round trip. Trailer has roughly 2000 miles on it now. 2018 model Reflection 220RK Corundom.
Dropped by the GD dealer today to re-verify my Aug 4th bearing repack or see if they had an earlier spot open. In the first photo you can see that I have removed the wheel hub and bearings and then added grease to the EZ-lube grease fitting to force Lippert axle with EZ My BigTex 70TV trailer has EZ Lube hubs on Dexter axles and Just like said above I just pump enough grease to see a bit of the old grease.