This is great! You should ALWAYS spin the wheel as the new grease is being pumped in! We refer to this as: Dynamic -vs- Static! If you DO NOT spin the wheel, the new grease will take the path of least resistance, of which will be between the rollers, allowing much of the old grease to be left behind! Ultimately, we shoot for a complete exchange of "Old" grease for "New" grease..... and by spinning the wheel, we get as close to that as we can! Note how he continues until he no longer sees the old discolored grease exiting!

I’m doing a complete brake assembly job on my trailer and saw ex lube on my dust boot… typed in you showed up thanks for sharing!

These axles are great. I have two trailers that have them. Once a year or so I just pump the new grease in and the old comes out. I scrape the old grease off with a small plastic putty knife as I spin the wheel. I've never had any issues with this setup and I am very satisfied with them.

Thank you very much, this saved me a lot of money, great job!!!

Glad i am not the only one that had lots of grease everywhere lol. I tightened all the wheels less than 1/8th of a turn or so , enough to take the slight side to side movement out. I did mine tonight and i pumped 15 pumps of the grease gun. The grease started to move then. I will do it again to put more new in tomorrow. I believe i did this 2 years ago or last year. I wonder if it makes more sense to me to do it a few pumps every spring and fall. I am using a White Lithium axle grease

Nice video this really helps me out, just got a dual axel pj trailer and I’m figuring all this out.

I have dexter tandems and single brake on a 20’. From factory one axle had descent grease level and one had very small amount. I always use Lucas red.

Ive done this exactly like you show for years, no issues 8000km trips every year, yes lots of old grease comes out!! Have lots of paper towels on hand and lots of time on your hands

nice video. Amen to that SHARP edge!!! Keep fingers OUT

Great video. Thanks for the information.

Ok this is helpful.... I started this and was like... how much grease do I need to pump in? I haven't done it since I bought it last year, so now I understand... A LOT

great video, i thought i was doing something wrong, cause my first wheel hub took a full tube, sure enough the other 3 did as well. New trailer, only drove it 100 miles. Heard they come from the factory without much grease in em.

Did all this. Sadly, after about 15 pumps and old goo squirting out as it should, the frickin Princess Auto gun just stopped working. Tried everything, it just stopped, and the nipple would remained jammed on the wheel insert point. Just my luck. Cheap gun on special. Gonna return it. Your simply explained video was very helpful to get me doing this. Thanks for helping us out here.

You weren't kidding. It does take a while!

Best axles I ever had used oil in the wheel bearings. By far my favorite setup so far. Had to replace the sight glass on one of them that probably got damaged in the mountains somewhere but they seemed to be a pretty good design. Can't remember the brand of axles but they were on Titan stock trailer.

Great tutorial, let the haters hate. You've accomplished this task in accordance to manufacturer instructions. Rock on brother! 👍👍

Good video - and one thing I have heard is to use a manual grease gun like you used, otherwise the 'powered' ones like at a garage can have too much pressure and blow the inner seal.. Maybe that's just a rumor, but I also just use a manual gun.. Also check with the axle manual re: the correct type of grease. Best wishes...

Thank-you for the video. I've been doing it wrong for years. I think the only way I can do this without getting covered with grease is to have my son do it.

Thanks. Great video. I recently lubed the bearings using the EZ-Lube system, rotating the tire as I used a manual grease gun. About 350 miles later, I noticed that grease was leaking out one of the four hubs, which I'll be fixing in a few days here. It's possible that the leak was there before I EZ-lubed the bearings (I'm embarrassed to say that I only recently learned the importance of getting under the rig regular to inspect welds, leaks, etc), but just the same, I won't be using the EZ-lube system again.

Regarding how much grease is needed. The original bearings had very little grease, just on the bearings. The first time I greased them using the Ez-lube system, it took a couple tubes (total) to do all 4 wheels. The next time, it was nowhere near as much. Also, as can be seen in this video, it takes a lot of pumping. I have a air power grease gun from Harbor Freight that pumps slow, and I let it cycle (click) 2-3 times, wait 3-5 seconds and keep rotating the wheel and repeat. Never had an issue.

Very good

if you car ramps you can pull it up and grease 2 wheels at a time.. Pull it forward again and other tandem will be on the ramps and grease the front set. My dust caps.. the lip is very sharp.. Wipe with a paper towel but lightly or get sliced.

Thank you

I just lubed the bearings on our fifth wheel for the first time, using the Dexter EZLube procedure. When I removed the rubber cap, the inside was totally clean and dry. It did seem to take a lot of grease, nearly an entire tube on the first one, and almost that much on the others. Hope it works as it was designed to, and I don’t regret not hand-packing. I will say that I couldn’t get the inside of the hub as “clean” as it was before so hope it was ok to leave some traces of grease behind the rubber dust seal. Thanks for the good video instruction.

Trailer King Tires are freaking awesome!!! That's all i use anymore and they are priced great.

Here is the way I am going to do a hybrid method for my EZ lube axle. I have only repacked mine the standard way so far. Have not attempted the EZ Lube way yet. I'm going to do a hybrid version that partly uses both methods....use manual grease gun to pump some grease in while spinning the wheel slowly. Maybe 6 pumps. That should adequately renew the grease in the inner bearing, because the spinning wheel will distribute the grease all around in the inner bearing. Now support the outer nose of the hub with my small rolling jack (not necessary, but that will keep the hub from tipping down on the spindle when the outer bearing is removed), remove the metal dust cap, remove the outer wheel bearing, hand-pack it, re-install the bearing and nut retaining devices, and the cap. This way both bearings get greased, and the whole inner hub cavity does not get filled, and I avoid the more work intensive process of removing the inner bearing. Of course, occasionally pull it all down the standard way for compelete re-pack and inspection. Comments?

This is why I love ez lube hubs. Just pump and spin. The old way sucked and most of the time with old hubs I would just pull the old hubs off and just pack new grease into the hub thick and out back on. Truth be told as long as the bearings are not every dry your good. Very rare did I have to re pack bearings using marine grease. I would repack every every other year or so, that’s why I used top notch marine grease even on trailer bearings that don’t go into water.

Is there a name for the correct attachment/hose to connect to the hub. Or do you have a link to recommend which pump/hose you used in the video? Thanks for the helpful video!

I tried this method exactly as shown. Spun the wheels while pumping grease. All 4 inner seals blew out. Ended up replacing all brake assemblys, bearings etc. Will repack the correct way from now on.

Great video, thanks

I noticed a slight grinding sound when you spun your wheel. Mine made the same sound when I repacked the bearings today, but no wobbles or other behaviors that would indicate trouble. Any idea what that is? Btw, we have 30,000 tow miles on our 2015 Rockwood Roo, including 9,000 plus from Michigan to Alaska and back. I follow the Dexter instructions every spring, and lubed halfway thru our Ak trip. So far, no problems.

I don't know why everyone is giving you a hard time ? You did it by the book . I think a lot of people don't understand this system .

All you so called mechanics obviously don't understand how the Dexter system works. He is doing it how Dexter recommended

I have the greese fitting on my boat trailer axle. I find that a great deal of the greese goes in and just oozes out around the carter key hole. Pretty cheasy.

Wow, seems quicker and easier to just pull the wheel and repack by hand, and you know it’s actually going where it’s supposed to and not blowing out the seal.

Thanks for this video. Having owned boats and trailers for over 40 years, I'd never heard of EZ lube until I bought this last boat...I made some real rookie mistakes! Takes WAY more grease than I thought...and if you don't spin the wheel, you can say good-bye to a rear grease seal...guess how I know that?! My "issue" is I know the caps are on correctly, but one side keeps throwing the cap, leaving the bearing open...any ideas on why? A dealer gave me a solution to keep them on to get to my fishing spot, but it's not a permanent solution...

Great video for showing how to grease the Dexter EZ axles. But the only thing I'm worried about is blowing out the seal. Some people say that can happen. Now I don't know what to do? Is it possible to blow the grease seal out? I don't want that to happen and have grease all over my brakes. What do you think?

Looks like an electric grease gun would come in handy for this application. Great video!

I bought my trailer in September, must've put I'd say 1000 miles on it. Do I even need to grease it?

Great video! Everyone do yourself a favor and buy a Milwaukee battery powered grease gun. Project Farm here on KZfaq said they were the best. If you already have some other brand of battery tools they sell adapters to interchange the batteries with any other brand. Grease is a lot cheaper than having a bearing failure on the road.

Can you pick up both wheels of the axle that you are working on? Or must be just one side up at a time?

Im blown away by just how much grease you had to pump in there. I have owned many boat trailers with ez lube axles, and never, ever had to use more than 1/8 of a tube to completely purge out the old grease. The volume in the grease chambers is just not that much. It just blows my mind that you could possible fit more than 1/4 tube in there. You sure its not leaking out the rear seal?

There’s a step to remove the decree vault logo Cap to get to the rubber plug. How do we do that?

Maybe a dumb question but I'm curious, why do you turn the wheel while you pump? The grease is forced out by the new grease. How necessary is that. I have an 08 trailer and never jacked it up and spun the wheel and have 25k miles on it with no problems. Interested to see if it really matters

I didn’t realize you had to spin the wheel while doing it when I did mine a few weeks ago. Hope it didn’t do anything bad by adding grease without moving wheel

Used to do this, until a RV mechanic warned me about blowing grease past the seals. It might be a low risk, but such a failure is invisible. So, no thanks, I’ll do it the old way. And before you @ me, look for the videos of the blown out seals. Decide for yourself if it’s worth the risk.

I never pump that much grease in, I pump until the old grease starts to come out and then I stop.

I know this is an old video but I tried this and I am concerned. In just a few pumps I started seeing new grease come out. It took very little grease to see it. Is that a sign that something may be wrong?

Are Dexter EZ Lube hubs essentially the same as Super Lube hubs?

So what’s gonna happen the next time. U need to grease your bearings u will probably use the same color grease so how do u know when all the old grease is out and the new is in

did it blow out your rear seal?

How many miles should you service grease the hub bearings?

This is were my Dewalt battery pump shines

I have Dexter EZ Lubes on our fifth wheel, and am about to do exactly what you showed in your great video. Question: do you ever recommend actually pulling and repacking wheel bearings even with the EZ Lube set up? Thanks!

Which grease do you use?

sunray rims are hugely popular

I can't believe you can put an entire tube of grease in one wheel. I'd love to pull the drum and see how much grease in inside.

I did it without spinning the wheel and looked like all the old grease came out ll around it

that isn't moly grease is it?

Doing the pumping and spinning is the hard part. need a spinner helper

When you spin that wheel it doesn't sound right to me. I would inspect those bearings.

I was always told to lift the trailer with a jack from the frame and not the axles.

Good Lord- seems like he pumped a whole cartridge of grease into that axle!!! Right hand must be sore!

any guarantee the bearings actually were greased on the needles as needed? The hubs are full which does nothing! Better to do it right to get a good inspection of bearings and brakes if equipped''

Ps dont put your finger in the lip area its sharp!!!

I really don't think replacing the old grease is necessary. What alot if work ! Just give it a few pumps now and then and you'll be fine.

I just pulled up the E-Z Lube instructions and it says every 2000 miles or annually instead of 12000 miles. The instructions also gives a list of approved grease, I do not think the instructions for something of this importance should be " I Believe ".

Used my finger and yes can confirm it is sharp lol

When this hub gets hot it will blow the seal and soak the brake shoes and drum with grease...I have fixed many of them. Take the hub apart and hand pack once every 12-15 thousand miles.

Not wanting to be a nay sayer but isn't 12 months/12K miles just a little OCD? The grease coming out certainly looks like it has lubricating properties even if the color is dark. I've got a utility trailer that I purchased in 1995 - that is 36 years - that has never had its bearings greased. I do accept that is vastly overdue and I plan on pulling the hub and taking a look see. Also I have vehicles that have gone years, decades, without greasing the bearings and are doing just fine. So my question is are we wasting product or potentially FUBARing something if the rear gasket lets grease soak the brakes. Just putting out this as a contrarian opinion to start a discussion about the "generally suggested advice"?

Pull the wheel off. Repack the bearings , fill it with grease. Easier job and better job. The way you are doing it you do not know if you are pouring grease out of the seal.

How about just cleaning and repacking the bearings at this point 😳grease would be coming out of the back also ?? No ??

That’s way too much work, I just remove everything including the outer seal and remove the grease and repack. This way I can inspect the brakes too.

Totally Overkill. Pump until the cap is full and move on. The grease is not going to go bad as much as it just gets pushed out of the places it needs to be.

Why are you wasting all that grease ? Your practically flushing it. All it needs is a couple of pump until you see grease coming from the bearing

DeWalt powered grease gun....

Think its easer to pull hub and repack by hand 🤣. But i do like knowing i have dexter axles. OTR 48 years nice to check heat on hubs when you stop…. Few pumps if grease nice if one is running warm. Not good to mix grease…. Good video tho…

Trailer bearings are a scam. Why can't they use sealed ones like new cars have that can go 200k miles without any service? I know trailers don't get used all the time, but some full timers do use them alot.

So what I'm getting from this video is buy a cordless grease gun, and make my life easier and make this quicker

Dexter easy lube my ass. You need a Jack. Not easy.

This IS NOT how to do it! You will blow out the rear seal and coat your break assembly with grease! If there is no movement in tire. A couple Pumps AT MOST! If there is some movement in the tire, REPACK!! 2:08

Install some buddy bearings. Two pumps every six months each axle. If there's grease on the wheel rim you got too much grease in the hub! Back off the greasing...

Seems excessive.

Buy an electric grease gun

Four or five pumps!!! You have no room for expansion and will blow out the seal!! Pump WARM grease very very slow or you will also push out the seal!! After a few years of this and you start pushing old grease out, it’s time to remove, clean, inspect, repack and install new seals. Please, please do NOT follow this guy’s instructions!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geez wear gloves!

Dexterity ezlube axels are a ripoff no matter how slowly or how easy you pump in the grease some always bypasses the axle seal and contaminants the magnet and or brake shoes. Be prepared to preform a brake job.

He pumped way too much grease into that wheel bearing, also you should never jack on the axle itself you can bend the tube These are the kind of people that should not be on KZfaq.

That's how you get grease all over the brakes shoes. No way I'm using 4 tubes of grease. Lol