Lippert Never Fail Bushings

[FeatherFam]

Has anyone replaced their OE plastic bushings with the Lippert "Never Fail Bushings"? They claim that they wear longer than the wet bolt products, and they require no greasing. I was considering the MoRryde wet bolts when I found these from Lippert. Your thoughts, please.
https://www.lci1.com/never-fail

[norty1]

I bought a set but have not installed them yet.

[RedHorse1]

I installed wet bolts and after about a year and maybe 7k miles I’ve had no problems. I seem to recall reading a post where the never fails failed. I’ve found there’s something gratifying about shooting some grease into a moving part, but I admit that I’m “old school”.

[FeatherFam]

Originally Posted by norty1

I bought a set but have not installed them yet.

Norty,
Did they come with the bolts and hardware, or do you order things separately?

[FeatherFam]

Originally Posted by RedHorse1

I installed wet bolts and after about a year and maybe 7k miles I’ve had no problems. I seem to recall reading a post where the never fails failed. I’ve found there’s something gratifying about shooting some grease into a moving part, but I admit that I’m “old school”.

RedHorse,
These are my initial thoughts, too. I am also "old school." However, I am liking the idea of less maintenance the older I get, but I also do not want to fall prey to another marketing sham. Lippert is not known for its stellar quality.

What wet bolt kit did you install, and from whom did you order it?

[TheB2B]

FeatherFam jump in here i have replaced my factory bushings and bolts with wet bolt system, I used MORryde Heavy Duty Schackle System purchased from Amazon.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


I have also installed Lippert Equa-flex Tandem Axle Equalizers purchased through eTrailer. I have not taken it out for test ride yet, hopefully this weekend, we shall see.


General comment on none grease-able bushings, the factory plastic bushings were worn out after ~5,000 miles so unless the never fail system using different material say a teflon bushings I don't see how they are going to last any longer and even teflon going to fail. Much rather have bronze bushing with grease for longer term protection.

[curver900]

the "never fail" fail.. plenty of examples on here.. just search ...

[RedHorse1]

Originally Posted by FeatherFam

RedHorse,
These are my initial thoughts, too. I am also "old school." However, I am liking the idea of less maintenance the older I get, but I also do not want to fall prey to another marketing sham. Lippert is not known for its stellar quality.

What wet bolt kit did you install, and from whom did you order it?

I bought the Mor-Ryde wet bolt kit from etrailer or Amazon, can’t recall which.
BigJohnD has a massive thread on his mods and covers the install very well and has some good pics, I pretty much copied what he did.
I recently bought an Anderson Rapid Jack and a 90 degree grease gun adapter. I can get the tires off the ground pretty easily and get the grease in without removing the wheels.

[jasum]

[QUOTE=RedHorse1;644153]I installed wet bolts and after about a year and maybe 7k miles I’ve had no problems. I seem to recall reading a post where the never fails failed. I’ve found there’s something gratifying about shooting some grease into a moving part, but I admit that I’m “old school”.[/QUOTE

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[norty1]

Originally Posted by FeatherFam

Norty,
Did they come with the bolts and hardware, or do you order things separately?

They did not come with hardware and I should have purchased it. They were also worn so the local shop purchased the replacements locally. The work was very helpful to the suspension IMO but I should have purchased the kit.

I have not seen the kits that included hardware with the Never-fail-bushings. I'll have them checked in a couple of years and decide then.