Greasing wheel bearings

[Rich Biebel]

I don't want to jinx myself.....but I have a Classic Terminator trailer and it has Nev-r-lube Dexter bearings. Sealed bearings just like modern vehicles with sealed front wheel bearings. I never heard of them before I bought this trailer.

I replaced the cartridges once not long after I bought the trailer just because I felt better putting new ones on it, and never touched them since....Just check them with the wheels off the ground for side play and any roughness or noise...

I carry the old ones as spares but if one goes bad on the road....well the axle stub is probably going to be toast just like any regular bearing failure on the road....

Trailer is a 2003 and I had since 2007.......

Need to pull the drums and check the brakes and bearings before 2015 racing starts.....

The best grease I have used was always synthetic red hit temp waterproof grease and once I used that on my old trailer I never had a bearing go bad again...it had 3500lb axles and used to eat bearings pretty regularly.....