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How often do you grease boat trailer bearing?
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<blockquote data-quote="BigCityBubba" data-source="post: 5731826" data-attributes="member: 23435"><p>I have no idea what the official response to your question is and I am sure someone will give you that information. That being said, I turn 58 this year and I have been around boats since I was born and I purchased my first boat when I was 16 and have owned a boat ever since. I have never repacked the bearings on any of my boats. I have always had bearing buddies and made sure they were kept full. I currently own 2 because everyone should have a skinny water boat and a big water boat. I use whatever marine grade bearing grease walmart has on the shelves. I don't know if its an old wives tale and I am wasting my time but my father told me to always walk around the trailer and touch the hubs to make sure they were not hot whenever I had to stop and get gas. I am kind of ocd and have done it ever since. I have been fortunate never to have an issue with my bearings. The point of my rambling is that if you have bearing buddies and keep them full, you probably will never have anything to worry about providing your bearings are not already fried. You can check the bearings by jacking the boat up and seeing if there is any play in the hubs. I bought a 20 year old boat 6 months ago that I know has not spent a day of that 20 years under a cover. This weekend I plan on replacing the hubs with prepacked hubs and bearing buddies because the boat did not have bearing buddies and I am am guessing that no grease has ever been added since the boat was new. If you plan on paying someone to repack your bearings, a new prepacked hub is cheaper even when you have someone else do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigCityBubba, post: 5731826, member: 23435"] I have no idea what the official response to your question is and I am sure someone will give you that information. That being said, I turn 58 this year and I have been around boats since I was born and I purchased my first boat when I was 16 and have owned a boat ever since. I have never repacked the bearings on any of my boats. I have always had bearing buddies and made sure they were kept full. I currently own 2 because everyone should have a skinny water boat and a big water boat. I use whatever marine grade bearing grease walmart has on the shelves. I don't know if its an old wives tale and I am wasting my time but my father told me to always walk around the trailer and touch the hubs to make sure they were not hot whenever I had to stop and get gas. I am kind of ocd and have done it ever since. I have been fortunate never to have an issue with my bearings. The point of my rambling is that if you have bearing buddies and keep them full, you probably will never have anything to worry about providing your bearings are not already fried. You can check the bearings by jacking the boat up and seeing if there is any play in the hubs. I bought a 20 year old boat 6 months ago that I know has not spent a day of that 20 years under a cover. This weekend I plan on replacing the hubs with prepacked hubs and bearing buddies because the boat did not have bearing buddies and I am am guessing that no grease has ever been added since the boat was new. If you plan on paying someone to repack your bearings, a new prepacked hub is cheaper even when you have someone else do it. [/QUOTE]
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