Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors - Model 2441 - Chrome Plated (Pair)
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Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors - Model 2441 - Chrome Plated (Pair)
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Bearing Buddy Trailer Bearings Races Seals Caps - BB2441
- Caps
- Bearing Protector Grease Cap
- 2.441 Inch
- Bearing Buddy
Provide your trailer wheel bearings with premium protection - replace your existing grease caps with Bearing Buddies. They install in seconds and provide an easy, safe way to monitor and control the level of grease in your axle hub.
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 2.441" hub bore
- Works with outer bearing models LM-67048 (hub counterbored), 15123 and others
- Works with outer bearing cup (race) models LM-67010 and 15245
- Commonly found on 4,400-lb, 5,200-lb, 6,000-lb and 7,000-lb Dexter axles (counterbored)
- Lifetime warranty
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.
42441 Bearing Buddy Model 2441 - Chrome Plated (Pair)
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Customer Reviews
Bearing Buddy Bearing Protectors - Model 2441 - Chrome Plated (Pair) - BB2441
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (158 Customer Reviews)
Provide your trailer wheel bearings with premium protection - replace your existing grease caps with Bearing Buddies. They install in seconds and provide an easy, safe way to monitor and control the level of grease in your axle hub.by: Marvin I03/30/2024
These are the BEST hands down! The originals, a must have if you want to keep your axles in optimum dependability. Easy to install, easy to service, and peace of mine knowing the bearings are greased. Great customer service and knowlageable help with getting the correct size.
by: Jack12/15/2022
Bearing buddies look better than what I have
by: Gerald 04/21/2024
Great product, easy installation.
by: Robert 02/03/2024
Bearing Buddy fit perfectly. Made in the USA still means something!
by: Richard06/25/2019
Ordered these for my 5th wheel trailer 8 days before vacation. They were shipped and received with 3 days to spare. Installation was flawless. Thanks etrailer. Well done!
Richard
6/26/2020
Just started our camping season. Pulled the caps off, hooked up the grease gun, pumped some grease and done. Took longer to write this then grease. No pulling the 4 tires to get to the bearings and getting my hands greasy.
by: George N11/18/2013
Your product arrived on time and undamaged. It installed exactly as described in the literature. I am very pleased with my new Bearing Buddy's. As a side note I noticed a small amount of chrome machining debris inside the hub of the housings. It was easily cleaned out with a rag before installation. These Bearing Buddy's are installed on a 32 year old utility trailer I am refurbishing. Although the trailer is small (4 x 8) it has a 5000# axle and has seen some pretty tough use. Ive attached a pic of the trailer undergoing refurbishment along with a couple of pics of the installed Bearing Buddy's. Excellent product and service!
by: Michael02/28/2013
This product is as good as their rep have used them before on a
boat trailer never had a bearing go out as long as I used the
buddy bearings they are great! Service was just as good.
These bearings were installed on a heavy duty low boy trailer.
No pictures trailer is in South Texas about 300 miles from my location. Hauling oil field equipment. Picture of the trailer being
overhauled before new fenders were added.
by: David 05/18/2024
Alex spoke English and was knowledgeable about what I needed
by: Timothy 02/24/2024
Product as advertised, shipping speed was not fast but reasonable I think, shipping charge was very reasonable
by: Lee 02/06/2024
These buddies have the correct depth and the slip on contact area is not chrome so the buddies holds tight.
by: Dylan04/20/2023
Work great, have absolutely no problems with these bearing caps. Work much better than the etrailer brand caps I ordered at the exact same time for my other trailer.
by: James 04/14/2023
Great product but I always have issues with the rubber caps coming off once they get a year or 2 of age on them,
by: Jason 10/23/2022
Great for, I didn’t realize I had the ez lube axles and didn’t need these. I really like the covers better than the cheaper ones. I removed the inner zero assembly so I can use these as caps. Much thicker material and better looking.
by: Donald T03/17/2016
Nice item and very easy to install, trouble free traveling.
by: Kevin09/26/2022
Bearing buddies showed up with one missing, emailed CS and they shipped out two more! Emailed back that I only needed one and to send me a RAN.
Great experience and will use etrailer for further purchases.
by: Virgel07/08/2021
They fit perfect. Took a 5000 mile trip this summer and was glad I had the option of applying grease to the bearings.
Virgel
7/10/2022
Still working a year later however a side note. Do not over grease as it will leak onto the inside of the drum and prevent the brakes from grabbing.
by: Bill F09/08/2017
Lost one cap and the old ones were from a 2000 trailer. Working fine. good product.
Bill F.
9/8/2018
no problems, have traveled locally and to different states.
by: Bob07/13/2017
While we only just received out bearing buddies. They are as described and installed easily. The only trouble was the beauty covers don't fit over the hubs any longer. Doesn't really matter as the product is attractive. The wheel studs not so much but we can live with that.
I will have to write another review after we have taken a few trips and greased things up a bit.
by: Steve W04/25/2017
I recently upgraded to electric over hydraulic disk brakes from the hydraulic drum surge brakes that were on my boat trailer when I bought it. I scoured the web site and put together a list of parts for the conversion but still had a few questions. Lisa was most helpful and had some additional suggestions. She made my etrailer.com shopping experience the best online shopping experience ever. Once I had the brake parts I found my old Bearing Buddies didn't fit the new hubs so I ordered new Bearing Buddies and new coupler while I was at it. I ordered them on Sat. and they arrived today, Tuesday. I already have the new parts on and they are working perfectly. Thanks etrailer.com and thanks Lisa. You have a new customer for life.
by: Doyle C.10/06/2019
Putting off greasing wheel bearings is so easy to do. Bearing Buddies make greasing wheel bearings easy because they give incentive. Only takes 5 minutes vs a couple of hours. Being on the side of the road with a break down from bad bearings isn't fun and totally preventable.
by: wayne w.09/04/2015
they came in the mail when you said they would. they were exactly what i wanted, and they fit perfectly. you people know what you are doing. if i need anything else that etrailer sells, i will surely order it from you
wayne w.
sampson city,fl
Wayne W.
9/5/2016
the protectors are fine, but the rubber covers have disappeared. i pushed all the air from them when i put them on. do you sell them seperately? other than that i am happy with them. thanks wayne
Rachael H.
9/7/2016
Thanks for the follow up and reply. We do indeed have the replacement covers that you are looking for, and those are part # BB23B.
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by: RayB06/02/2016
I put 4 of these on my 26' fifth wheel. The installation was very easy and exactly as described. I tapped them gently with a hammer to get them started and then used a block of wood and hammer to seat them fully for a nice tight fit.
by: Keith01/01/2018
These work great. Only issue is two of rubber covers have fallen off and lost!
Mike L.
1/2/2018
Sorry to hear that! We do offer replacement covers as part # BB23B. Heres a little trick to keep the covers in place. Make sure the outside of the bearing buddy and the inside of the cover are perfectly clean and free of grease, then spray a quick shot of aerosol hair spray on one side of the bearing buddy. Install the cover, and rotate it on the bearing buddy by about 1/4 turn. When the hair spray dries, itll act like an adhesive but because you havent coated the whole thing, youll be able to remove it when needed.
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by: Bryan11/20/2018
I work as a fisheries biologist for a state agency and travel hundreds of miles every week with my boat. These bearing buddies and other bearing products have worked great and were a huge upgrade over other trailer hub products I've had in the past. So far no issues.
by: Mike Palmer08/22/2016
Haven't put it on yet,but the service and the tome it took to get it was excellent. Went to the dealer to get a buddy bearing they were all you need the Vin number of your trailer and what kind of axle it has,went Google Drive it and 3 minutes later had it ordered 6 days later I had it.
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Jack
12/16/2023
Bearing buddies are nice simple to use but the main thing is to make sure you’re using the correct grease for bearings not just Plain old grease which will work in the short term but not recommended for the long haul