Wheel grease.

brains77396

Active Member

• Sep 2, 2010

• #1

I know that by pulling the wheel center caps off. it exposes the Zerk fitting for the bearings. My question is, "Will regular wheel bearing grease work or is there a special kind of grease needed? On my boat trailer I would always give each side one pump each before taking it on the road. Many years ago when I was a kid, grease was grease, which doesn't seem to apply there days. Just don't want to mix apples and oranges here. Tanks.

 

FennerJ

Heartland Dealer Service

• Sep 2, 2010

• #2

NLGI2 Lithium Complex, any brand name works.

 

brains77396

Active Member

• Sep 2, 2010

• #3

OK, Thanks.

FennerJ said:

NLGI2 Lithium Complex, any brand name works.

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Bob&Patty

Founders of SoCal Chapter

• Sep 2, 2010

• #4

Yes to lithium grease. You should however rotate the wheels while adding grease.

 

caissiel

Senior Member

• Sep 2, 2010

• #5

I would not just give it a pump, I would always grease it the proper way in order not to blow the seal. This subject has been discussed in many Threads.

 

brains77396

Active Member

• Sep 2, 2010

• #6

That would make sense if I had to pull the wheel off to grease the bearings.

Bob&Patty said:

Yes to lithium grease. You should however rotate the wheels while adding grease.

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brains77396

Active Member

• Sep 2, 2010

• #7

If I can't just put my grease gun on the Zerk fitting and give it a pump, why is it even there? I would also assume that that would also disqualify Heartlands claim of having E-Z Lube bearings. What I have looks just like a boat wheel with the Buddy Bearings.

caissiel said:

I would not just give it a pump, I would always grease it the proper way in order not to blow the seal. This subject has been discussed in many Threads.

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Administrator

Staff member

• Sep 2, 2010

• #8

brains77396, E-Z lube sounds a whole lot easier than pulling the bearings and hand packing. Maybe you misunderstood Bob when he said "rotate the wheels". He meant that you need to have the wheel turning when pumping the grease in.
As far as boat greasing trailer bearings and RV bearings, on the boat trailer you probably don't have to worry about blowing out a seal and contaminating your brake shoes.

Peace
Dave