Bearing Buddy Not Taking Grease

Updated 08/04/2010 | Published 08/03/2010

Question:

what would prevent a hub from taking grease. The grease zerk is clear, but I have never been able to get one of my four trailer hubs to take grease. The other three hubs will take 2-3 pumps of grease, but not this one. Could the piston be malfunctioning and blocking the application of grease?

asked by: Andy G

Expert Reply:

The piston could certainly be bad, or perhaps even the zerk fitting. Try removing the bearing buddy and applying grease while it is off of the hub.

I had the same thing happen on my jet ski trailer, I replaced the bearing buddy which fixed the problem.

expert reply by: Mike L