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Get a better seal for your Bearing Buddy Protectors. This spindle grease seal set uses o-rings, neoprene seals, and stainless steel rings to eliminate grease leaks and keep your hub moving smoothly. Holds up to the pressurized Bearing Buddy system.
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Note: If your axle spindles already have permanent, stainless steel surface rings, you do not need this spindle seal system.
The high-quality seal in this unique kit is made of neoprene, a flexible, synthetic rubber that remains stable even at high temperatures. Unlike typical grease seals, which wear as they ride along rough surfaces, this neoprene seal rides on a smooth, durable stainless steel ring. By using this grease seal set along with your Bearing Buddy bearing protector, you can be sure that the seal and ring always have adequate grease for fluid operation.
Customer Satisfaction Score:
97% were satisfied with this product
3% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
I looked locally for the bearing and seal sleeve I needed but nobody carried it. I called Etrailer and got Ian on the line. With only dimensions from the bearing and the seal from online research Ian was able to match up the parts I needed. Fast, intelligent and helpful service. I will go directly to etrailer next time and save me all the phone calls and running around.
Ended up changing to other type of spindles so can grease from inside bearing to outside. Buggy bearings always seem to be either leaking water in of grease out. I will never use buddy bearing setup again if I can help it.
Bearing buddy spindle sleeve savers were easy to install and should work great. I should have purchased the seal removal tool to get the old seal out, but even without, I was able to replace the inner seals in less than an hour. We'll see how long they last. Extremely satisfied with etrailer customer service. One part was missing from the package and they sent me a replacement quickly.
The addition of the metal ring keeps the hub seated slightly further out on the spindle. This caused me to have to really crank down on the crown nut, just to be able to get the cotter pin in. Of course this kept the wheel from spinning freely, and surely would have fried the bearings.
I tore it out and replaced it with the normal seals.
Don't bother with these. The double-lip seals that come with the e-trailer bearing kits are just fine.
Used on 1976 Ranger trailer went on great and used same slots and pin when I tightened the bearings. I also used Bearing Buddies with this seal. No grease inside my wheels and definitely an upgrade from 1976 standards
My galvanized boat trailer was made 34 years ago. Thru the years my stockpile of hub grease seals had become exhausted. I contacted the original manufacture's parts department, who were very helpful, but couldn't come up with my seal. They didn't recognize their old kit number from 34 years ago. I tied local stores for seals in my area to no avail. I then went online and found etrailer.com. They had the Buddy Bearing Seal Set #BB60002 which was exactly what I needed and like what I bought from the original manufacture 34 years ago. I will be going to etrailer.com for all my trailer needs.
I was skeptical, I’ve tried many things to get my axle seals from leaking (my axles are worn and actually need to be replaced. But replacing boat axles is easier said than done) and for the last seven years they’ve leaked and I’ve repacked and replaced my bearings every year. Last year I replaced the axle seal with these Buddy bearing seal kit.
To my surprise, I had no water in my 4 hubs this spring from last year. I definitely recommend them.
Of course I had to add the stainless Buddy Bearing hubs covers as well...
This is the only seal kit listed for LM48548 or L68149 bearings and the three sizes of bearing buddies, but etrailer doesn't note that there are at least two different axle sizes that use those bearings and bearing buddies. I missed the axle size listing buried in the specs, then inserted one seal into the hub before seeing that it was the wrong size for the axle, couldn't return the kit after ruining the seal getting it out of the hub. Shame on me for not reading all the details. Shame on etrailer for not noting that there are different axles applicable.
My order had grease seals that were not available, and definitely held up the order for a bit. All good though. I'm in a rush to get this camper ready, and will not blame it on anyone. I could have ordered them earlier on this winter. etrailer is the best, and I tell my trailer hauling co-workers about my orders. One of the best parts of these orders is that you can click on your email reply (among other places) that says manage order. Then you have videos available showing how to install your parts. Nice! I knew what I was doing, but the races seals caps video showed how the caps were shipped backwards in the assembly. The video took the confusion out of it all. Thank you bearded guy in the video, "Trailer Bearings Races Seals and Caps Rebuild". Your the best.
You wanted a reply, and I gave it. There's no login to an account to keep track of orders, or to have a way to keep track of my projects though. I don't have a business, but I do have multiple projects as a part time thing that is/will be on-going. Am I missing something?
V/r
Had a problem with a axle that had damage from a bearing gone bad which damaged where the seal rides. The seal kit fixed the problem.
I always use these on my boat trailers. Instructions are little vague, but that's because the install is so simple.
Christopher
11/11/2024
been using these for a while, work great for spindles with wear on inner seal.
This Bearing Buddy seal kit is a great concept on paper. This kit may work well on highway only applications. I used this kit on a boat trailer application and it was a disaster. The first problem encountered is this kit eliminates the best feature of a E-Z Lube 3500# trailer axle. That feature is the ability to pump grease into the hub without any disassembly. The second shortcoming of this design is the entire inner seal assembly is centered and retained by a tiny single O-ring. The trailer this kit was installed on has disc brakes. After one road trip the O-rings shrunk /cracked causing the inner seal race to loose contact with the axle. This caused the grease to leak out all over the rotors and calipers. That is not worst part. It was later determined that the seal kit did not even last long enough on the first trip to function as described. Upon teardown of all four hubs it was clear the hubs flooded with water at the first launching of the boat. Between the mess made on the trailer brake hardware and the water soaked hubs I can not recommend this seal kit for boat trailer applications.
My boat trailer axle spindle was damaged seriously on one trip. With this spindle seal, it just work for me. I don't need to replace my axle. And it works great.
Xiaojing H.
9/25/2017
Still good
WAS HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING MY BOAT TRAILER HUBS SEALED AND NOT LEAKING GREASE AFTER REPACKING WOULD TAKE ON WATER EASILY THESE SEALS DESIGNED FOR THE BEARING BUDDY HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED THE GREASE FROM ESCAPING AND WATER ENTERING THEY WORK.DEALING WITH etrailer WAS AN EASY PROCESS
These are fine.
I always use High Quality Bearing Buddy Spindle seals every spring when re-packing the wheel bearings on my Cougar 5th wheel RV.
Bill
3/26/2025
So far so good .. Ill be repacking the bearings on my Cougar 5th wheel again this spring and have purchased a new set of Bearing Buddy seals for the job.
Kate F.
3/26/2025
They work great. Use these to save your corroded boat trailer axle
Trying to find the right parts was exhausting, going to auto parts store after store. Should've came here first and saved lots of frustration and time. It worked great and was just what I needed to get my bearings and Buddys back on. I'm back on the road with my 1985 Boat trailer.
worked perfect for my EZLoader boat tra iler.
I bought this seal for a 50 year old trailer that came with a boat I purchased. I used the measurements of the existing bearings/seals to figure out which seal to order. The existing LM48548 bearing helped make sure it was the correct seal. Works great, no problems installing.
Worked perfectly for my application
Item arrived on time and well packaged. Installation was quick and easy. So far, so good.
Good product and instructions
The seal kit went right in place, without any problem's,a great fit!
I had new inner seals on EZ Lube axle leak grease on brakes. Pretty frustrating. I changed to Bearing Buddies and these inner seals to hopefully fix the problem. Looks like a great system.
Gwendolyn Y.
3/31/2025
That does sound super frustrating. These seals do have a tighter fit so I'm hopeful they will last longer and hold in that grease for ya.
Tom
4/1/2026
Still going strong. Glad I made the change.
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Michael W.
6/23/2024
So far so good, this is the second time Ive used this product. The first was by accident about 10 years ago and I remembered it from just ordering replacement bearings and seals, but the resent purchase was to try and fix a damaged spindle from a bad bearing. The fix was a lot cheaper than replacing a spindle or an axle. Hope I dont need another one but I know what to do if I need to. Ive recommended it to a friend and it helped him as well.