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Originally Posted by Sundancer330
Dexter recommendations are 12 months or 12,000 miles. I like to take everything apart at the end of the season and inspect the bearings and cups, also look over the brakes and spray out all the brake dust and wipe them down. Only takes me maybe an hour to do all this and when spring comes I am ready to go.
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I Agree!!!
I've owned a few boat trailers, and a few camping trailers over the many years... I have seen a lot of trailers with bearing grease all over the brake assembly (including my own) after blowing out a rear seal with too much grease. Travel Trailers don't get the axles immersed in the water like Boat Trailers do... but the inner and outer bearings are virtually identical and they NEED grease.
Boat trailers get immersed in cold water, usually when they are very hot from a long drive to the marina - that is why they deserve a shot of grease to prevent ingestion of water into the wheel bearings. displacement of water with Grease is a good thing, prevents corrosion of the bearings, race and spindles.
Now... Nothing can substitute for a good "old fashioned visual inspection" every year... and it does not take that much time if you are doing it every year. If you have happened to blow out the rear seal with too much grease, you can catch and clean up the issue and put new seals in (you should always replace the seals... do it anyways)
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2015 Seneca 36FK
Custom 27' flatbed trailer hauling:
07 Toyota FJC & Yamaha Kodiak 400 ATV