Can you please explain the 2 tools you use to remove the seal...some type of pliers along with the other one that allows for leverage? Thanks so much for the video, huge help.

I wish the people that give thumbs down were forced to provide an explanation. I think is a terrific, easily understood and very informative video. Thank you, great job!

Hands-down one of the best step by step instructions. Thank you for not talking too much.

Clear, concise, yet thorough. Props!

I really like the fact that you explained the reasons why bearing buddies are not fail safe. Sometimes the old fashioned way of doing things is the best way.

I'm still going to have a pro do the work for me, but I like seeing what's involved. Your video was well done. Straight to the tutorial and no fluff or other useless BS. Nicely done and very informative.

Until now, I completely unaware that using my bearing buddy was resulting in an incomplete and potentially hazardous situation. Greatly appreciate your no-nonsense approach as well. Thank you!

This is the Citizen Kane of trailer bearing repacking videos. Thanks for the information that's directly to the point.

Thank you for taking the time to record this. Nice job!

Thank you for a simple and easy to understand step by step tutorial. Great work and very helpful!

You should never loosen the spindle nut to line up the hole for the cotter pin. Always tighten to next castelation. Backing it of will allow more play then needed and can damage the bearings , Also if too tight will damage the bearings by overheating. But one castelation will not . just the right amount of preload. I work on airplanes and the manufacturer gives us a certain torque to tighten the nut and then back it off to zero and re-tighten to a lower torque spec then go to next castelation to line up the cotter pin hole. never back off.

Thanks Roger. I have a small light duty trailer and have never serviced the bearings. Now I know how. Great explanation.

Straightforward to-the-point thank you buddy

Perfect video. Just right. Much thanks from Tennessee.

Thank you so much! I am just starting to repack into a Casita travel trailer and did not know any procedures to follow. Now I feel much more competent and know what to look for.

Thanks for making it clear and simple.

Very simple and easy to understand. Thanks for posting this video

Very good video, by a guy who really knows his stuff!

Very informative. Thank you. I’m almost confident enough to tackle this myself.

This is exactly what I needed for my trailer! Thank you!

I just bought a small utility trailer and this video is going to make maintenance so much easier for me.

Great presentation bud. No BS Just good content and great presentation thanks keep up the good work

Well done video - plain and simple but very accurate and informative

That blue grease packer is dope and so is that gasket puller. You're one of those dudes that buys the correct tools for the job. Respect. Imma just sit here with my palm and small flathead and a wish lmao

Well laid out with great reference comments ( from experience)

As cheap as most seals etc are I always go ahead and repack, replace and clean everything up before I button it all back down.. You end up with a fully serviced hub good for years ... vs not doing it all and having to do it more often as well as end up with bad parts screwing up good parts/// Thanks It is always nice to see someone do their own work.. I try to and so far I haven't paid a mechanic or a service hand in over 40 years... I'm retired so.. yeah I think it's all been worth.. it !

Great video. Now I know what to do along with just installing the bearing buddy.

Great Video, one of the best I have seen on that subject.

Thank you. Excellent tutorial.

Good info. I always take the tire off first, so the hub is easier to handle.

Thanks Roger. That's the problem with bearing-buddy's b/c they give a false sense bearing lubrication. When I fished tournaments, several fellow boat owners had burned their bearings b/c the bearings were NOT well lubed. They said they put lube in the bearing buddy's and that's when they realized the grease did not go through to the rear bearings. They pumped grease into a salt-water filled race (ouch). Excellent job, Roger. Full-watch.

Great video! I learned my lesson about Bearing Buddies the hard way, lost my left trailer wheel on the freeway because the bearings apparently were gone over time even though I greased through the Bearing Buddies periodically; I had to have my axle rebuilt with 2 new wheel hubs and the most important advice I was given when I picked it up was "DON'T USE THE BEARING BUDDIES... grease the old school way and hand pack them or use a bearing packer! ... if you use the Bearing Buddies's, you'll force grease out of the seals and crack them because you're introducing new grease and there's no room to hold both old and new grease, old stuff has to go somewhere and it will be forced out through the seals." This video is a valuable lesson!! It repeats what my trailer guy told me. Thanx for sharing!!

Yep, this guy knows what he’s doing. 100% correct

I think a lot of people don't know that bearing buddies are spring loaded so that the hub is pressurized for a longer period of time. I usually grease them just before I back my boat trailer into the water. You can see the grease zero move out and will stay there if there is no bad seal. As far as the worry you might over grease the bearing buddy pushing the seal out of the hub you should know that the design of the bearing buddy has a bleed hole that lets the grease out of the same area as the zerk is installed on.

Good video bud. Straight and to the point. And no funny shit or sillys.

Nice video just what I was looking for.

Great video! Thank you for doing this.

Thanks brother, good stuff, great maintenance tips

This was a great video...very detailed and straight to the point. Thank you for posting. I will be greasing my bearings today on a trailer I am selling..I thought you simply remove the cap and slap some grease in there..end of story....

I agree about bearing buddies, learned the hard way. Good video

Thanks for a great explanation!!!!

Guess what I’m doing this weekend? Thanks for the informative video

I've not packed wheel bearings in nearly 20 years so I wanted a refresher. Very well done, I would say however please wear gloves, your hands are a sponge and you absorb the toxins in grease, oil, etc. Again, thank you.

Excellant tutorial...Thank you Sir.

Very informative video!

Great video. Very helpful

helpful video, thanks! For my trailer, I'm thinking about getting some new cotter pins, 'cause mine are really old... It's way overdue for repacking the wheel bearings.

Excellent video. Thanks.

I agree. I have E-Z Lube axels on my tailor. I still repack my bearings every two years and/or replace them every four. I use my E-Z Lube once or twice a year after the trailer has been sitting in the off-season. Or if I use it more than usual during the season, I'll give the axle a couple of squirts once in a while. Other than that, they still need to be repacked and the old grease cleaned out regularly.

Thank you sir! Very helpful.

Awesome video andvery informative, thank you

Good evening Sir, very well made bearing maintenance video !!! Your very good at it and very good detail ! Keep up the good work !!! Cheers !!!

Good information , thanks.

Very well done video i noticed there was no B.S. of fluff....just on point and to the point...Thank you this will help me a lot when I tackle this job.

Great video

Great video. Question. I’m currently renovating a single axle and want to change the bearings. If my axle doesn’t have a number to identify it is there another way to determine what type of bearings I need?

I'm a rv mechanic of 20 years, and I agree with everything you said except I always recommend new grease seals, there cheaper than a pack of gum and the rubber and spring wear making them more likely to release grease on to brakes, and my personal opinion bearing buddies have no place on axels with brakes, but great video.

Great video thanks

So the bearing buddies are basically useless. Thanks for this video.

Thank you I believe I got it😊

Hey Roger. I'm Roger. Thanks Bro.

Repack bearings many a times a time-consuming but well worth it, maintenance is the key to longevity

Great video much appreciated I do have one question though I followed the video to t But when I put everything together including the lug nuts spun the tire when it was finished and it still sounds rough? Does that mean maybe the castle nut is too tight?

Thanks for the video

Thanks for doing this

nice vid

Great video. I was expecting to hear an air gun wrench sound during the time lapse nut removal. I think I would wear gloves while handling the grease. And the biggy - a couple of bad camera angles where the right arm blocks the camera from seeing the part and related action. Otherwise, the learning is all there. Are there different sizes of trailer bearings? How easy to obtain the special tool you used to remove the seal?

Are these light duty axles pretty much the same? I have a small popup trailer with a 4 lug hub. I would prefer new seals but don't know what to buy

Thank you sir!

I have a super-lube axle and I don't remove my bearing buddies. Just take the buddy apart and then remove the spindle nut and hub?

Any advice for getting the seal off if it’s really really tight?

New boat owner here. Wondering what happens if you don't do this and they go bad? My trailer is 15 yrs old. Thanks!

I'm assuming you clean the bearings before repacking what did you use to clean them

Goes straight into video,no extra chit chat,gets straight to the point and well educates. You “how to” guys need to take notes. I want to know how to do what I looked up, not giggle about your side story or 20k subs.

Nice work. Forget the bearing buddy. It allows debris and water into the bearings. It looks good on paper, but I've not had very good luck with them. Just use a dust seal.

Nice

Hi Roger. I'm about to go through the Bearings and the Electric Brakes on an older enclosed trailer I bought earlier this year. The Hub Nut needs to simply be finger tight (after backing off)? I don't need to apply a certain amount of torque to preload the Bearing? Will defo look out for your Brake how-to video....thanks.

We picked up a pop up camper and on the way home we noticed smoking and the hub cap was gone. Only one wheel at first. We’ll be doing this today,hoping this is it!

At the end, should I have any play on the wheel on not. Thanks!

How can you call the tool you used to pack the bearing quicker???

What do I do if I don’t have a bearing packer? Wish you had shown how to do this without specialized tools.

so how did you clean the dirty bearings?

So how did you clean the bearings?? You left out critical step.

From what I understand bearing buddy's are for Marine application. There not ment to grease the bearing. There ment to slightly pressure the seals to prevent water from getting in. My dad always make me give them a pump before backing the boat in the water.

Isn't there few old vehicles that the wheel bearing will be compatible with mobile home trailer áxle like old gm or ford 2 wd truck

thank you

what about the axle and the bearing surface there?

Thanx To Point Out To Every-one the mixing of clean vs dirty grease aka just makes the clean grease last less longer! Bravo To save the seal, doesnt work that easy for Me :) . 2 axle brakes is excellent idea especially if you live in mountain or hilly areas of travel. People Good idea to take rim off hub for saving the wheel seal latr.

Are most trailers easy like this?

Good video , but should have shown how you cleaned the bearings before repack.

Never reuse a removed seal.

Thanks

Never would have thought he was gonna do the wheel bearings with out removing the wheel lol

So, no need for a grease gun?

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Always pump the space between the bearings full of grease, centrifugal force will keep grease on the bearings!

No one gonna talk about that spider on the bottom of the wheel 🥴

I don't really understand. What's the point of using the bearing buddy if you have to do all this work anyways?

Bearing Buddies and EZ Lube are two completely different things as he pointed out.

What exactly is the point of putting the bearing buddy back on on if you don’t refill it? Put on a 50cent cap. 🤷🏻‍♂️