Video Showing How to Inspect and Pack Trailer Bearings with Grease
Related Categories
Help, Demos, and How To Info
Trailer Service
Questions and AnswersBrakes
Trailer Brakes and Wiring InstallationTrailer Hub Brake Magnet ReplacementHow to Remove and Install Electric Trailer Brake ShoesHubs and Bearings
Trailer Hub InspectionPacking Trailer BearingsHow to Service Trailer Hub BearingsRepack Bearings and Hubs on a TrailerRemove and Reinstall a Trailer HubRemove, Inspect, and Install Trailer BearingsInspect and Repack Trailer BearingsLights and Wiring
Trailer Wiring and Light Replacement DemonstrationHow to Connect Trailer LightsSuspension
Trailer Leaf Spring ReplacementInformation Categories
Backup Cameras
Bike Racks
Bike Rack Accessories
Brake Controllers
Cargo Carriers
Cargo Contol
Bug Shield & Air Deflector
Fifth Wheel Hitches
Gooseneck Hitches
Ladder Racks
Locks
Mirrors
Performance Chips
Tonneau Covers
Tools
Trailer Hitches
Trailer Hitch Accessories
Trailer Parts
Vehicle Trim
Weight Distribution
Wiring Installation
Archive by Date
Products shown in this video
How to Inspect and Pack Trailer Bearings Video Transcript
We will go ahead and get the bearing out and wipe it down real fast. Makes it a little bit easier to see, rotate the bearing cage, look for anything that bounces up and down too much. This is almost a continuous line so I think the cage is pretty good on this one. So we will just keep cleaning it up until it spins freely.
I'm looking for little nicks or stuff like that. Sometimes you can see a little bit of wear, it is like a dark band here, light band here, dark band here. For the most part that is kind of acceptable, it is not perfect, but in this case I think it will be fine. If it's really dark you definitely want to change it out because that part of the bearing, this actual roller got overheated, but this one looks pretty darn good.
We will pack this side and then flip it over and then pack the other side.
Get a good gob, and put a light coating on the race itself. Actually, it doesn't take much, you don't have to pack it full. Because a lot of it doesn't get really used.
In a marine application like this, you want to go ahead and get the grease gun out and use it since we have the special spindles. Go ahead and fill the cavity that way, but for most land trailers this is pretty much enough as it is.
Grab your new bearing here, and all you have to do is work it inside of here a little bit at a time. Keep going around, flip it over and we want to get inside it here. Just get inside, so when the bearing starts spinning, it gets all worked up in there. Give it a couple of spins maybe before you pop it in there.
Related Videos
Repack the Bearings and Hubs on a Trailer
Remove and Reinstall a Trailer Hub
Remove, Inspect, and Install Trailer Bearings
Inspect and Repack Trailer Bearings
etrailer.com TV
Related Information Pages
How to service trailer hub bearings
Tips on how to tow a trailer
Towing system components
Brake controller information
Information about weight distribution systems
