G, you know I was asking about bearing buddies the other

day and you mentioned what your trailer had on it and Hugh said the trailer I have has the same thing as your trailer, well here is a picture of what I have. You mentioned to pump grease in until the old grease came out the front on the the cardboard folded in a V shape, I had a fella to tell me that I would blow out the seal on the thing that he has a trailer made by F&F and the it has a little ring in the hub that you see moving forward when you fill it with grease. I called myself looking and I dont see anything but an alemite and the axle nut when I pull the rubber cap off. Just dont wanna blow out the back seal


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It is FULL!

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It is FULL!

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Sat u done lost me :)

Larry the little ring is on bearing buddies....you do not have them, your trailer is just like mine. You will not blow the seal. The way I told you to do it is the proper way...its designed to be done that way.

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Isn't that a brand new trailer? Shouldn't need any greese.

Larry my trailer has the same thing. Do it just like G says and you will be fine. Probly wouldnt hurt to jack up and rotate wheel while pumping grease.

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Isn't that a brand new trailer? Shouldn't need any greese.

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it is suppose to be, but when I pull the caps off the grease is not all the way out to the alemite, I can see the lock nut behind the alemite

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Larry my trailer has the same thing. Do it just like G says and you will be fine. Probly wouldnt hurt to jack up and rotate wheel while pumping grease.

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Thanks cray

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Larry the little ring is on bearing buddies....you do not have them, your trailer is just like mine. You will not blow the seal. The way I told you to do it is the proper way...its designed to be done that way.

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Thanks G, just wanting to make sure, I had bearing buddies on my other boat trailer, hadnt saw this type of set up before, but hadnt been looking at boat trailers either :)

In my opinion this type is far superior to bearing buddies.......with this system you do this once a year and you are actually removing the old grease and re packing your bearings with new grease. Only thing is....keep a watch on the back side of your wheels.....when the grease seals get worn they will sling some grease out on the back side. What I do is I just replace the seals every three years, that way I know I am in good shape. Be sure to use a good quality lithium based marine wheel bearing grease.

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it is suppose to be, but when I pull the caps off the grease is not all the way out to the alemite, I can see the lock nut behind the alemite

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If you can see grease in behind that nut you are OK

Don't Bearing Buddies have a small hole in the side and once they are full a small snake of grease will start leaking out of that hole?

OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY JUST SMELL THAT WAY!!

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Don't Bearing Buddies have a small hole in the side and once they are full a small snake of grease will start leaking out of that hole?

OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY JUST SMELL THAT WAY!!

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Yes some do and some don't. Some of them have a ring that you do not pump past to keep from getting to full and then others have the small hole that you are talking about.