Bearings? Manual says 12mos/12,000miles

07-13-2005, 10:10 AM

Hopefully my check has cleared and I am now an official "site sponsor". I've read "mucho" posts on greasing axile bearings. If I were a woman, I'd say it sounds akin to childbearing! At the moment, I'm just getting back into active camping but that being said, I have never even changed my car/truck oil etc and I'm not the least bit mechanically gifted. So wlhen I read the above titled info in the manual, it sounds like the cup has passed from my lips for at least a year. Am I missing something? Pre-retirement with a steady income, I found the good mechanic but now I have the financial incentive to learn as much as I can and do the same. At the moment, the task of maintaining my new TM seem daunting. I would like to clear up my confusion regarding the bearings since we anticipate a 3000 mile trip in a couple of weeks.

**Denny_A** · 07-13-2005, 08:01 PM

............is a half hour job. A grease gun with zerk fitting, a cartridge with the appropriate grease, a flat bladed screwdriver, a bunch of paper towels and some Q-Tips is all you need. Remove the rubber cup seal (to allow old grease to flow out), mate the zerk fittings securely, and start pumping grease. Old grease oozes out around the axle (in a circle around the zerk fitting). When the old, black grease is replaced by a oozing flow of clean grease, yer done. Each wheel takes about 1/2 of the contents of a standard cartridge. Clean the wheels, reinstall the rubber cup seals and yer done.

Denny_A

07-13-2005, 08:16 PM

Thanks for the info. Seems more doable. I still don't understand the 12,000 mile deal and why everybody seems to be greasing at two or three thousand miles?

**Denny_A** · 07-14-2005, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jackehop41

Thanks for the info. Seems more doable. I still don't understand the 12,000 mile deal and why everybody seems to be greasing at two or three thousand miles?

Don't know about "everybody", but I greased in April each year. As in, once a year. One year I towed for 15k miles and probably should have greased earlier. Still, if periodic maintenance reminders are on yer calendar, it's (IMO) not going to be a problem.

Denny_A

**Bill** · 07-14-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jackehop41

Thanks for the info. I still don't understand the 12,000 mile deal and why everybody seems to be greasing at two or three thousand miles?

Jack -

Good question. I may be losing my mind, but I SWEAR that the manual with my old (2002) TM said to grease every 2000 miles. I no longer have that manual, of course - it went away with my old TM - but sure enough, the new manual says 12,000 miles, just as you reported.

Bill

07-14-2005, 07:44 PM

12,000 miles is what my 04 3326K says as well.
Bob

**Denny_A** · 07-14-2005, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BobRederick

12,000 miles is what my 04 3326K says as well.
Bob

My '02 manual says......umm...don't know. It's buried in the mud and turf

in the median of Hwy 74 near Bloomington, IL. But I think it said 12,000 miles.

Denny_A

**Civil_War_Buff** · 06-01-2006, 08:12 AM

I am sorry to resurrect this thread, but I have a question for those that know, or have access to thier owners manual. I have decided to pull the hubs to inspect the brakes on my trailer, and I want to replace the grease seal on the hub when I do. I found a site that sells the seals (and there is a boat store not far from me), but I wonder what the part number is for the seals? I looked here http://dexteraxle.com/seals but I am not certain which seals are used as I am not sure what the axle number is (other than 10"). Does anyone know which seal is used on the TM?

TIA,

Larry

**rtcassel** · 06-01-2006, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Civil_War_Buff

I am sorry to resurrect this thread, but I have a question for those that know, or have access to thier owners manual. I have decided to pull the hubs to inspect the brakes on my trailer, and I want to replace the grease seal on the hub when I do. I found a site that sells the seals (and there is a boat store not far from me), but I wonder what the part number is for the seals? I looked here http://dexteraxle.com/seals but I am not certain which seals are used as I am not sure what the axle number is (other than 10"). Does anyone know which seal is used on the TM?

TIA,

Larry

The Dexter Axle Operation Maintenance Service Manual that I have states that for brake size 10 x 2 1/4, the standard seal is 010-004-00, and the E-Z Lube seal is K71-303-00.

**Civil_War_Buff** · 06-01-2006, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by rtcassel

The Dexter Axle Operation Maintenance Service Manual that I have states that for brake size 10 x 2 1/4, the standard seal is 010-004-00, and the E-Z Lube seal is K71-303-00.

Thanks Tim!! That's what I needed, I wasn't sure if the brakes were 2-1/4 or 1-1/2.

Larry