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Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors - Model 2562 - Chrome Plated - Qty 2
Bearing Buddy

Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors - Model 2562 - Chrome Plated - Qty 2

Part Number: BB2562
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Protect your trailer bearings from water, dirt, and corrosion while making greasing quick and easy. Bearing Buddies maintain light grease pressure inside the hub to help prevent bearing failure, even when your hubs are completely submerged. Great Prices for the best trailer bearings races seals caps from Bearing Buddy. Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors - Model 2562 - Chrome Plated - Qty 2 part number BB2562 can be ordered online at etrailer.com or call 1-800-940-8924 for expert service.
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Bearing Buddy Trailer Bearings Races Seals Caps - BB2562

  • Caps
  • Bearing Protector Grease Cap
  • 5000 lbs Axle
  • Bearing Buddy
  • 2.56 Inch

Protect your trailer bearings from water, dirt, and corrosion while making greasing quick and easy. Bearing Buddies maintain light grease pressure inside the hub to help prevent bearing failure, even when your hubs are completely submerged.


Features:

  • Replaces the grease cap in the axle hub
  • Prevents wheel-bearing failure
    • Keeps water and dirt out of hubs and bearings
    • Allows boat trailer wheels to be completely submerged
    • Stops corrosion and pitting on bearings
  • Provides easily accessible grease fitting
    • Makes adding grease to the bearings quick and simple
  • Maintains slight, controlled pressure (3 psi) with spring-loaded piston, preventing water from entering hub
  • Prevents overfilling and rear seal damage with automatic pressure-relief feature
    • Grease seeps around piston edges and into barrel when full
  • Constructed of stainless steel internal parts and triple-chrome-plated steel barrel
    • Ensures longer-lasting fit than plastic or aluminum products
  • Includes rubber covers
  • Installs easily
  • Made in the USA


Specs:

  • Fits 2.562" hub bore
    • Works with outer bearing model 48548
    • Works with outer bearing cup (race) model 48510
      • Commonly found on 5,000 lb axles
    • Lifetime warranty


Bearing Buddy Installed Diagram

Bearing Buddy Operation

Replace your existing grease cap with a Bearing Buddy to ensure a safe, easy way to monitor and control the level of grease in your axle hub. To adjust the amount of grease in the hub, use a grease gun to add more through the appropriate fitting. Adding grease moves the Bearing Buddy spring-loaded piston outward 1/8".


The O-ring inside the barrel of the Bearing Buddy maintains a seal from the outside. The interior of the Bearing Buddy is pressurized, preventing water from entering the barrel and diluting the grease.

An automatic pressure-relief feature is built into the Bearing Buddy. When the device is full, grease will seep around the edges of the piston and into the barrel. This prevents overfilling that can damage the inner seal.


You can manually check the grease level in your Bearing Buddy by pressing on the edge of the piston. If you can rock or move the piston, the hub is properly filled.



42562 Bearing Buddy Model 2562 - 2.526 Bore - Chrome Plated - Quantity 2





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Protect your trailer bearings from water, dirt, and corrosion while making greasing quick and easy. Bearing Buddies maintain light grease pressure inside the hub to help prevent bearing failure, even when your hubs are completely submerged.

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I have these installed on another trailer and they work flawlessly. No more bearing issues as long as you check them periodically and keep them full of grease. Keeps water out of boat trailer bearings.



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Bearing Buddy is a good product. I had to use a block of wood and a small sledge hammer to put them on. They would not go on with a rubber mallet.
I measured 2.045" and the closest one from Bearing Buddy was 2.047"They are on and will not come off.... The trailer is a kit that I bought at depot in 1997... I would recommend
this product



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etrailer always meets my needs. I have had another set of BB on another trailer for a decade and have been pleased with them. The brake lights were plug-and-play. Thank you!



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Perfect fit For Heavy duty 1720lbs Harbor Freight Trailers. less then 10 min to install and fill with grease. etrailer needs to up date the web page to add HARBOR FREIGHT Trailers so people know where to find them My Hats off to etrailer for fast shipping and a Great price Thanks



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Love these, great fit. Arrived on time. Thank you etrailer.



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When we thought we would never find the right size, we found these! Fast shipping, perfect fit, smooth transaction.



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Stellar eTrailer.com Tech and Customer support and quality product.

I have an imported folding trailer (HF 90154) & they do not stock protective hub covers for their trailer.

I contacted their customer support they provided me the hub dimensions (dust cap by diameter 52mm) , I then shared that info with etrailer tech support who directed me to the right bearing buddy product that I needed (2.047" or part# BB2047).

They shipped and delivered it in a timely manner. I installed it this morning and it seems to be working flawlessly as I would have expected from bearing buddy!



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Customer Service, ease of ordering, quick shipping were all great. Unfortunately, the diameter of these are slightly undersize and popped out as soon as I tried driving. Thru some engineering changes I was able to make them work, would let bearing buddies know they need to up their inspection.



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I like bearing buddies....when they fit....this pair did not even after using a new micrometer. Oh well. Problem is it cost me $15.00 to ship it back. So much for any savings ..so i ordered the next size up. Good luck to me...etrailer staff are very pleasant to talk to. Have no complaints



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Really great product! The best customer service! I have purchased several products from etrailer. Best company I have ever dealt with. Also, your prices are very competitive. Looking forward to purchasing more great products for my utility trailer. Thanks again!



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quick shipping - too small for my hub but I have other trailers they will probably fit - glad they had this unusual size bearing buddy as I couldn't get the 1.98 size to go into the hub



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They work as advertised. I like the plastic caps that go over them.

Between the axel grease fitting and the bearing buddies, you can keep a lot of grease on the bearings, and a lot of moisture out.

I recommend and will keep buying them.



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fits good



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Good quality products and fast service



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Very pleased with overall experience. Fast shiopping, accurate description. Would definantly do business with again.



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just received my package in the mail very happy with the expedient and quick response to purchase item as described and in very good Construction



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good fit, works well as expected.



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Fast shipping, great product



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Bearing Buddies are the best invention since the trailer was invented!



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Without the help from Jessie at etrailer.com I would still be looking for the buddy bearings caps. Thank you Jessie and etrailer.com



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Received the Bearing Buddys the following Friday after ordering, very quick delivery. After some fine tuning, they installed very easily. We got out on the water once in July on a Friday and I subsequently had major eye surgery on the following Tuesday. Due that and poor weather, high winds, did not get out for the rest of the year. The hubs have remained dry, and I am hoping to get out fishing in the next couple of weeks as the season has just opened. I will report back in about a month.


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See what our Experts say about this Bearing Buddy Trailer Bearings Races Seals Caps

  • Does Dexter Vault System Work the Same As Bearing Buddy
    Hey Doug, thanks for the picture of your trailer hub grease cap. From that I can tell you have a Dexter Vault system and not a Bearing Buddy. That black center section does not actually come off at all. It is designed to pop out in case of increased pressure to prevent blowing out the seal. To get the cap off you'll need to use a rubber mallet or a dead blow hammer. Now the Vault system uses a hybrid grease/oil so it's not exactly maybe what you are used to. I would recommend looking...
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  • Replacement Grease Cap to Fit 2.5" Hub Bore
    Hey Alan, thanks for reaching out! If your hub bore measures 2.5" then they closest thing we have to fit that is the Bearing Protectors Kit Model 2562 # BB2562, which fits a 2.562" hub bore. Aside from that, our other replacement grease cap options are too large or too small for your hub bore. Does this look like it will work for your application?
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  • Recommended Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors For Hub With 2.567" Grease Caps
    It sure will! Since your current grease caps measure 2.567" the correct Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors for your hub will be the # BB2562 which measure 2.562". This is close enough in size that it will work just fine. I included a video of the # BB2562 for you to take a look at.
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  • How to Remove a Bearing Protector from a Trailer Hub
    Bearing protectors like Bearing Buddies are a very tight fit in a hub. If you cannot wiggle it out by hand then using a rubber mallet and tapping it (not hard but firm) first on the left, then the right, then the top, then the bottom, then repeat, will help loosen it up so you can pull it off. I have included a link to a video as well that should help. Removal of the Bearing Buddy takes place right in the beginning of the video.
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  • Precision Digital Caliper to Measure Hub Bore to Select Correct Bearing Buddy Bearing Protector
    Bearing Buddy protectors are made in lots of sizes, many of which are very close to one another in their diameter. It is really necessary to use a more precise measuring device on the hub's bore unless you know the part number of the one that was lost. You might check the remaining one for any identification. There are two sizes that are close to your 2-9/16-inch dimension, 2.562-inches and 2.717-inches. Bearing Buddy parts that fit hub bore diameter 2.562-inches are either part # BB2562SS...
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  • Threaded Bearing Buddy for Mastercraft Prostar 190 Trailer
    The Bearing Buddy # BB2562 or # BB2562SS fits a 2.562 inch hub bore. There is not a threaded version of that size available. For threaded Bearing Buddies we have the following options: # BB2441T-SS which fits 2.441 inch hub bore # BB2080T-SS which fits 2.080 inch. # BB1980T-SS which fits 1.980 inch hub bore
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  • Installing Bearing Buddy Bra # BB23B
    As a first step, make sure you are using the correct Bearing Buddy Bra for your application. The # BB23B you mentioned is sized to fit Bearing Buddies that fit hub bores ranging from 2.240 inches to 2.562 inches, or model #s BB2328, BB2328SS, BB2441, BB2441SS, BB2717, BB2717SS, BB2562, BB2562SS, BB2240 and BB2240SS. Applying a very very small bit of grease (I am talking tiny) to the outside of the Bearing Buddy will allow the bra to slide on easier. While sliding the bra into place, any...
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  • Determining Which Bearing Buddy Fits Hub With 2-5/8" Diameter Hub Bore
    We may have an option that will work for you, but we do not have a Bearing Buddy that fits a 2.625" hub bore. The closest options are the Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors # BB2562 which fit a 2.562" hub bore or the # BB2717SS which fit a 2.717" hub bore. I recommend double checking the measurement of your hub bore using digital calipers like # PTW80157. I included videos for both of the Bearing Buddies mentioned for you to take a look at.
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  • Bearing Buddies Needed for Al-KO 7200 lb Hubs
    To determine which Bearing Buddy you need, you'll either need to measure the hub bore (inside diameter of hub where grease cap inserts) or provide me with the outer wheel bearing reference number. With the bearing number, I can find the corresponding race for the bearing. The race's outside diameter will match the diameter of bearing protector you'll need. I would recommend replacing the grease seal as well. Use a double lip seal to help prevent blow-out. To determine which seal you'll...
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  • How to Pick Out Bearing Buddy to fit Trailer Hub
    The way to pick out Bearing Buddies for a trailer hub is based on the diameter of the bore of the hub where the grease cap fits. If you have 2-1/2 inches you most likely would need the # BB2562 which fits a hub bore of 2.562 inches or the # BB2441 which fits a hub bore of 2.441 inches. Since the measurement needs to be exact you'll want to use a caliper like the # PTW80157.
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Info for this part was:

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