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Today we will be showing you the performance tool bearing packer Part Number PTW1218. This is what it looks like after we force grease into our bearing. It's a good idea to re-grease your trailer bearings every few years. It extends your life of your bearing and keeps your wheels protected. Reduces friction, keeps the water out preventing corrosion and rust. Now I'll show you how it's done. To assemble your packer you find the plastic cap with the solid end on it and you thread your rod in.
Making sure that the hole stays above the cap of your plastic. Then you take your bearing that you're going to grease, set it on top. Then you take your cap and thread it on. You want to make sure this is nice and snug on top. Now that I've got that set up I take my grease gun put in the zerk fitting on top and force or grease through.
This not only puts new grease in, it forces the old grease out. It accommodates roller bearings like the type I have in there now or ball bearings depending on what style you need. You can see it's coming out the bottom right here and it should be squeezing out between our roller bearings. When you're done putting your grease through you pop your grease gun off. Have your paper towels handy.
Un-thread your top piece and you can remove your newly packed bearing. As you can see there's grease in between our inner shield and our outer shield. It's been forced in by our gun. That's it for a look at the performance tool bearing packer. Part Number PTW1218.
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (87 Customer Reviews)
e-trailer is easy, go on line place order, products ship usually same day. Tracking provided via email great place to shop for trailer needs. 677804
Made packing my new bearings SuPeR easy! I’ve always just hand packed bearings and it totally works, but this thing is so much faster and less messy. However, don’t for a second think that it’s going to be a clean job, even with this tool. It just makes it a little less messy and a lot faster. Great tool! 570021
This is a handy tool! It works well. The only complaint is after using it on the first bearing we found a large metal burr in the bore of the threaded rod (obviously left over from the machining process)(see image below). This made us wonder if we had pressed any metal pieces into the bearing - I guess only time will tell if we did... 661699
**UPDATE WEBSKU** One of the two was off the bead when I received it. Nothing a ratchet strap and air compressor couldn’t remedy. Needed new rubber for my boat trailer. These look like they’ll do the trick. 575763
Definitely not a production tool, but it works great for the yearly bearing repack on the trailer. The threaded shaft tends to unscrew out of the bottom piece when unscrewing the top piece to remove the bearing. Next year I might try to use wrenches to tighten these two pieces together before placing the bearing and top portion on. This year I only hand tightened it. Still works fine and I would buy it again as the price is so low. 418966
Arrived on time and in correct quantity 896863
I had never used one of these before. Worked out great. 895571
Works well. Waste more grease than packing by hand, but is a lot quicker. 893616
Exact fit.Great pricing! 899403
Exactly what I needed! Great price exceptional quality. 899402
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thoroughly infuses grease into bearings....very useful 875393
Works well, reuse excess grease on shaft no 869720
This worked very well as with the other products I ordered!! Great company to do business! 860705
I chose the cheapest version of the bearing packers you offer because I will probably only use it twice. As it turned out, this is an excellent little tool that worked just fine. Of course, it might not take rough handling or dropping on a concrete floor, but for my purposes, it is just fine. It's easy to use and clean. 837930
Easy to install and works perfectly. 830404
The jerk fitting stripped out of the aluminum threaded tube after the first wheel. A bit overpriced. Can buy cheaper at any auto parts store. 822650
After applying grease to bearings by hand over the years, using this product not only made the task easier and cleaner but really ensures the grease gets will into every space of the bearing. 819287
Running these for about a year , no pro blems. 817888
Easy to use and works great 815079
I had this tool before and purchased it again as it simply works! etrailer is my go-to-store. 814617
Packed the wheel bearings and it worked. However, it just used up lots of grease to pack the bearings. I scooped the grease and put it on the spindle. Bottom line is it works good. 814577
Etrailer 5 Stars... Bearings 5 Stars... Bearing Grease Tool ( plastic piece of crap) less tha 1 Star! 803116
The zerk fitting broke off after the first use. Bought a replacement from an auto parts store that seemed to be better quality zerk fitting with stronger materials. 793045
Makes greasing bearings easy and less messy. Wish I had bought this years ago. 779490
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