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Old 06-14-2010, 02:12 PM   #43
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Packing Wheel Bearings

I started this thread back in Feb. This week a neighbor that is 76 yrs young, and has a similar MH as ours, convinced me that him and I could DIYrepack the frt grease type bearing on my 99 Executive. He supplied his back and the air driven 20 ton hydraulic jack, several large 1" drive sockets, extension, and 5' cheater pipe. I supplied my 53 yr old back and the rest of the tools.

As you may recall, this MH has never had its front grease type bearings repacked since new, 90,000+ miles. When we got it torn apart there was plenty of grease still and the bearings and races where in perfect condition. We even re-used the inner wheel seal.

It took us about 3 hrs to do the front right. Tomorrow AM we'll do the frt left.

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lonestarace...Now that you know what you're doing, the other side should take about half the time. Sure feels good to save that $300- $500. My problem is I run out and buy something with the money I saved.
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Old 06-16-2010, 06:55 AM   #45
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Packing Wheel Bearings

It took 3hrs for the two of us to do the other side too. I've always packed the bearings on my personal vehicles since before I was old enough to drive. My partner has packed his bearings twice on his coach, so I guess you could say we knew what we were doing, we're just slow? We did a thorough proper job and that takes time. It took us 12 man hrs? Makes me wonder what kind of job a shop would do when they quote 2 or 3 hrs?

Here may be a few reasons why it took us so long:
1) It was a long walk to my tool box at the back of the coach.
2) We didn't have a 1" pneumatic impact, we used a breaker bar and cheater pipe
3) We did use a torque wrench when necessary
4) we removed and cleaned all parts completely using mineral spirits and brake parts cleaner and hand repacked the bearings w/grease
5) we did the lengthy bearing set procedure that Monaco/Roadmaster recommends since it has been successful on my partners coach twice.
6) we were definitely slow and having too much fun

Its been my experience that if you ask 6 different mechanics how they set bearings you'll get 6 different answers.
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Old 06-27-2010, 06:42 PM   #46
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I work for a transit agency in Seattle WA. We use a product in our fleet that works well for wet hubs, with Stemco seals and caps Its called Triton Ell Grease. There is no service preformed on these hub between brake relines. This lube has taken care of seal failures also! Its only used on non driven axles. Here is a little blurb from 76 about this product. This stuff is a little messy to work with, but you treat it like you would oil, you just prefill the hub before you install the outer bearing, packing both bearings also. It seems to keep water and rust away from all metal surfaces.
You or your Mechanic will need the proper tools for this job, seal drivers, jacks, tourque wrenches, ect. About four hours per axel.
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Old 07-02-2010, 06:02 PM   #47
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I am not sure how mechanically savvy you are but if you can change a tire you can repack wheel bearings very easily. It is not a complicated job and for about an hour to an hour and a half of your time, a tube of GOOD grease, a parts brush, and a little gasoline you can repack your own. If you are interested in doing it yourself I would be glad to walk you through it. Besides if you decided to do it yourself you could replace the bearings while you are at it and still be over four hundred and fifty dollars ahead. Or switch it over to oil bath hubs and still be money ahead. Drop me a line if I can help
Hi Buckeyefarm, I have a 96 Dynasty, and want to do my bearing grease myself! I have dne it on several gas coaches, is there a mechanical difference? Allegro5 Vermont Thanks
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...He supplied the air driven 20 ton hydraulic jack, several large 1" drive sockets, extension, and 5' cheater pipe.
It's amazing what a willing hand can get done on their own when the right tools are available.

On a practical basis for those dis-inclined to DIY or who are on the road without access to the tools is to plan (if at all possible) to do these sorts of jobs along with other work being done.

No respectable shop will charge you much extra to pack bearings if they are already charging you to break down the axle anyway for other work. But then again we are talking about RV dealers and service centers. YMMV.
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Hi, I am 73 and regreased my front wheel Bs yesterday! The wife spent 15 mins. helping and I did it in our driveway! Four hours and several times washing my hands! I had to have a 1-1/2 lug socket and had alocal garage just loosen the lugs! I will go back to have them torqed too! Thats ten a trip! The first nut in is a 2-1/4 nut, but not real tight and a pipe wrench is all you need. But you need to beg, buy or borrow a socket that 1s 2-5/8''.. That nut wont be tight, but you need to retighten it quite tight to reset the bearing. And then back off it so the drum turns easy! The outer nut is just snugged and has a big washer that you bend over the nut to hold it in place! All very simple! BUT the brake drum must weigh 150LBS, and you need a large wife or a hand truck to get it up in place! Its a challenge, but so is several hundred clams to a guy that can do it in 3 hours or less! allegro5
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