Re: Bearing Buddies

Dennis W. Farrell (dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us)
Tue, 7 Sep 1999 10:26:47 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Ken: sorry for not having answered you before. Hope I'm not too late.
I've never felt it was necessary to spin a wheel when filling the BB. Don't
fill it so that any oozes out. If you put enough in so that you can see the
follower piston move outward or so that you can push on one edge with a
screwdriver and "tilt" it that should be enough.

I (amost) always check the temperature of my trailer tires and bearings at
about 10 miles and again at about 50 miles, and then every time I stop for
any reason. I also check to see if the follower piston is still "tiltable".
If not I get out the grease gun and give it a bit of grease - see above. I
always carry a grease gun when I'm towing a boat

-----Original Message-----
From: happy life skills foundation <hapilife@efn.org>
To: BdeMent@aol.com <BdeMent@aol.com>
Cc: dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us <dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us>;
wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Sunday, September 05, 1999 02:08
Subject: Re: Bearing Buddies

>OK, so I'm getting ready to pull my potter the 300 miles to Seattle from
>Eugene.....thinking aboutj prepping the trailer. I figured to lift each
>wheel off the ground, shoot some grease in until a little oozed out the
>buddy.....? Any tips on how to lubricate the bearings without blowing the
>seals???? I appreciate any advice!
>
>Ken Silverman, soon to be on the North End of Lake Washington, sailing
>from Kenmore Aviation, home to seaplanes and several p-15's....
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>On Sat, 4 Sep 1999 BdeMent@aol.com wrote:
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>> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>> In a message dated 9/4/99 9:32:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us writes:
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>> << Can you get more information as to *why* the mechanics blame the BB's?
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>> Simple: excessive grease pressure not only compresses the (bearing
buddies)
>> BB spring and 'oozes' out the little hole in the front, it also pushes
the
>> rear seal out of shape and splatters grease over the inside of the wheel.
>> Grease on the inside of the wheel should be a dead give away that the
seals
>> are shot. The BB's per se are NOT the problem. It's an operator problem
>> with the grease gun...
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>> Bill de Ment P-15 'Sukoshi', Eagle Idaho
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