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03-30-2013, 11:38 PM
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Has anyone lubed your Axles yet? Not your suspension, but your axles....If so, do you have to pull your wheels...A tech told me you do and pack the bearings either by hand or with a bearing packer.... If so that is not considered easy because you have to change seals and you do have to know what the heck you are doing, tightening ( over or under) ya know that kind of stuff. 
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03-31-2013, 08:25 AM
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Has anyone lubed your Axles yet?Â*Â* Not your suspension, but your axles....If so, do you have to pull your wheels...A tech told me you do and pack the bearings either by hand or with a bearing packer.... If so that is not considered easy because you have to change seals and you do have to know what the heck you are doing, tightening ( over or under) ya know that kind of stuff. Â*
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Just pull the rubber cap at the center of the wheel. you will see a zert fitting. pump it with grease untill you see grease coming out around the primeter of the outside bearing. clean out the old grease, when done.
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03-31-2013, 09:06 AM
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I agree...it's pretty easy to do. I lift the trailer with the leveling system and this way I take the pressure off the suspension and the bearings. Then I spin the wheel and make sure it's turning freely. It's a short 1 beer operation.
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03-31-2013, 09:32 AM
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Don't get too aggresive when pumping the gease into the EZ Lube axels. It is possible to force grease past the inside seal and get grease on the brakes. It's probably a good idea to lift the coach some to take pressure off the seals as Dave said.
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03-31-2013, 09:47 AM
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The Dexter instruction on EZ Lube is to continue to turn the wheel while pumping in the grease to distribute the grease through out the bearings.
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03-31-2013, 10:18 AM
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Wow, the lift system can get the wheel off the ground? I didn't know they were that powerful. Be nice for adjusting brakes too.
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03-31-2013, 10:49 AM
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I Have had the left side of the rig completely off the ground, not by choice, and not for long. Will make a tire change really easy.
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03-31-2013, 11:03 AM
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They said at last years rally that each ram is able to lift the coach by itself. I think they said the front ones were rated for 18,000 lbs and the rear was rated at 16000 but I'm not sure so don't quote me on this one. I have had all 4 tires in the air at one time.
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03-31-2013, 11:04 AM
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Foghat, it sounds like there is a story that goes with that comment!? 
Dave, that is amazing. Do you have to block the jacks or do they have a long enough stroke without blocks? Edited by: atom ant
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03-31-2013, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave&Ginny
They said at last years rally that each ram is able to lift the coach by itself. I think they said the front ones were rated for 18,000 lbs and the rear was rated at 16000 but I'm not sure so don't quote me on this one. I have had all 4 tires in the air at one time.
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03-31-2013, 12:02 PM
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Foghat, it sounds like there is a story that goes with that comment!?
Dave, that is amazing. Do you have to block the jacks or do they have a long enough stroke without blocks? |
I had my blocks under the jack pads but I'm not sure, they might be long enough. Yes there was a story behind this incident.
The first weekend I had the trailer, several fellow campers came over while enjoying several fingers of Jack. Keep in mind it was very dark and we were messing around with the leveling system around midnight. In the morning when I took the dog for a walk I notice the last step was a bit high. We had lifted all four tires off the ground and didn't notice it until daylight. 
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03-31-2013, 12:19 PM
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hahaha - I can just picture this. And to think I was wondering if I needed to keep my rotochoks! Just to keep the wheels from spinning in the wind I guess!
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03-31-2013, 12:57 PM
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We got a really nice site last summer that was not very level. When we were done, corner jack by the convenience center was barely exposed and the back of the unit by my rear office door looked like the jump deck off the back of a Chinook chopper... we were 4-6 inches of daylight under the wheels and several feet from the steps to the ground.
We used blocks and large pads to get level... stroke alarm went off the first time we tried to level.
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03-31-2013, 02:13 PM
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So all o you guys with G rated tires have wheel hubs with a rubber cap in the center so you don't have to pull the wheels
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03-31-2013, 03:19 PM
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So all o you guys with G rated tires have wheel hubs with a rubber cap in the center so you don't have to pull the wheels |
You'll have the same thing if you take a screw driver and remove the cap from the center hub cover.
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03-31-2013, 03:47 PM
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The jacks are rated for 46,000 lbs! More than enough to lift our RV's off the ground.
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03-31-2013, 04:57 PM
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So, is everyone just greasing through grease zerk instead of re-packing bearings? I was going to re-pack bearings this week-end but if one can get by with just greasing through zerk then that is what I'll do. Brian had told me as per manual suppose to re-pack bearings 5000 miles. I have been greasing regularly through zerk. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.
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03-31-2013, 07:37 PM
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Again, Do all of you with G rated wheels and tires have a rubber plug in the center of your wheel hub that can be removed and not have to take off your wheels??? The reason I am asking is my hubs are solid and have no plug or removable cap as I saw today on the RW's on a lot....They look like they have a cap with 3 screws from a distance of about 20 feet
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03-31-2013, 08:36 PM
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We do, rubber plug in wheel hub, and snap-in plastic plug in wheel hub cover.
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04-01-2013, 01:26 PM
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Royce, there is a plastic center cap on each wheel. Just pry off easily as the clip can break off. Recommend warm weather project.
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