Trailer woes

[moombadaze]

The inside of the pistons on the calipers are majorly rusted. Makes me wonder if the previous owner dunked it in salt water

i was wondering that, if it had been in salt water. it really sounds like it may have been with that much rust.

[rdlangston13]

Thing is there is not much rust anywhere else on the trailer. Or at least not what I would consider excessive for a boat trailer. Just on the calipers. The boat don't really have much rust anywhere except on the worm clamps around the dripless shaft seal and I replaced those

[rdlangston13]

Does anyone use bearing buddies with the Vault grease or did you swap to normal grease for bearing buddy use?

[kaneboats]

I think that's apples and oranges.

[rdlangston13]

I think that's apples and oranges.

i figure you can just knock off the caps on there and install bearing buddy caps and then use a grease gun loaded with a tube of that hybrid grease to grease the wheel bearing ever so often...

[Nobodyrides4Free]

My Trailer had Bearing Buddys already, I fill them once a season and there Good! I use a marine grade grease in them. And Yes, you pull the cap, hook up grease gun and fill. Its easy. Never heard of Vault grease.

[Razzman]

Does anyone use bearing buddies with the Vault grease or did you swap to normal grease for bearing buddy use?

David I did the conversion last season when I noticed oil leaking from two seals in the rear of the hubs. After finding out that 1) the oil bath system is discontinued, 2) the oil bath seals are hard to find and 3) I couldn't get the stupid tiny allen fills out, it was a no-brainer for me.

All you need is the Bearing Buddies (or your equivelent choice) and regular trailer grease seals. I used marine grease and they've worked perfectly.

After you do the conversion and fill with grease drive it around and fill again as the grease will pack in due to centrifugal force. You may have to do this a few times before the buddies quit recessing in. I carry a mini grease gun in the truck for just this reason.

[kaneboats]

You really didn't have to change bearings or anything, just seals? Sounds like a decent plan.

[rdlangston13]

My Trailer had Bearing Buddys already, I fill them once a season and there Good! I use a marine grade grease in them. And Yes, you pull the cap, hook up grease gun and fill. Its easy. Never heard of Vault grease.

the vault system that came standard on my trailer uses some special hybrid grease that is thick like grease when cool but liquifies when heated from the trailer being towed. supposed to be good stuff...

[FLTH2O]

The cracking often occurs when hot rotors get submeged in water. The vault hubs have a long warranty period so you might want to talk to boatmate or ufp about that. Also the vault uses a special hybrid type grease so mixing the
greases will likely not be good nor keep your warranty valid.