Ray LeTourneau
Senior Member - Past Moderator
I'm planning on doing bearing maintenance in a couple weeks so I went shopping for a better price for CR seals. Here is where I placed my order. CLICK HERE
$10.46 to Mission, TX A bit pricey for a few seals but still saved about 25 to 30 bucks. No sales taxThanks for the info. I am going to repack my bearings next month. The last time I bought those seals from NAPA they were just over $20 a peice. This will save a couple of dollars.
What did they charge you fior shipping?
It has to do with a few things. Made in USA, frame thickness and structure, type of material used to manufacture the seal and the lip with the spring for better pressure against the axle seal surface. Many years ago I used to work for Chicago Rawhide in Elgin, IL. I guess you could call it brand loyalty. It would be interesting to see the CR seal next to the etrailer seal side by side for a true comparison. I guess I'm not ready to take a chance on a 3 dollar seal yet.Are we all talking about the same thing? Why would the seals be $20 at several places and oly $1.95 at etrailer????
Thanks Larry! I hope I don't have to eat any crow. Not like that hasn't happened before. ;-)Ray, I will let you know. i just ordered the 10-36 seal from e trailer. I have the C/R in now. When I get them out I am going to get my mics out and found out what the difference is. If I dont like the etrailer seals, I will go get some C/Rs from Napa.
I am curious to see if there is any difference in the frame.
I will say the service is outstanding. Within, 30 minutes after I ordered them, they sent an email that they had been shipped. That was after 2 other emails about placing the order, then confirming the order.
When I had the EZ lube hubs, I would do a full repack annually. While the EZ lube feature may sound pretty cool, you have to be careful not to overdo it when adding grease through that zirk. Too much and you can pop a seal or potentially contaminate the brake pads and brake magnets.How often do you replace the seals? We are planning do do our own maintenance and have EZ-Lubes. WE aren't planning on a full repack at this time, just use the EZ-Lube functionality. Trailer only has 8000 miles on it.
Personnaly I don't realy care about the quality of seal on grease. The grease does most of the sealing anyway. If used on oil it is a completly different story. The method of applying the grease to the axle is what is very important.
Mine were all pushed out when I received my trailer and I just pressed them in again an have no problem with my hubs for the last 8K miles.