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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / April 2007greasing wheel bearings
I have a 95 Starcraft Starmaster pop-up camper that I've owned for just over a year. I read that I need to grease the wheel bearings but I haven't found any information on how to do this myself. Looks like I need to take the wheel off to remove the hub cover. I would be interested in any guidance from the good folks in this newsgroup. >I have a 95 Starcraft Starmaster pop-up camper that I've owned for just >over a year. I read that I need to grease the wheel bearings but I haven't >found any information on how to do this myself. Looks like I need to take >the wheel off to remove the hub cover. I would be interested in any >guidance from the good folks in this newsgroup. Go to http://www.championtrailers.com/ and look at the technical articles. >I have a 95 Starcraft Starmaster pop-up camper that I've owned for just over >a year. I read that I need to grease the wheel bearings but I haven't found >any information on how to do this myself. Looks like I need to take the >wheel off to remove the hub cover. I would be interested in any guidance >from the good folks in this newsgroup. While I'm continually told how simple it is, I'm just plain uncomfortable with the thought of getting them too tight or too loose when they go back together. For a few bucks I have a mechanic do it. Tom > For a few bucks I have a mechanic do it. My dealer charges $75 an axle plus costs of seals which are typically $5 each. I'm lucky. My trailer has the Dexter EZ Lube hubs so I can lube them myself with a standard grease gun. >> For a few bucks I have a mechanic do it. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I'm lucky. My trailer has the Dexter EZ Lube hubs so I can lube them >myself with a standard grease gun. WOW! It cost me about $25. For $75, I think I would try it myself. Tom > WOW! It cost me about $25. For $75, I think I would try it myself. Not sure how a shop could possibly make money at $25 and axle. Is their shop rate only $25 and hour or so? >> WOW! It cost me about $25. For $75, I think I would try it myself. > >Not sure how a shop could possibly make money at $25 and axle. Is their >shop rate only $25 and hour or so? It didn't take'em that long. It isn't rocket science. Tom > It didn't take'em that long. It isn't rocket science. No but for a decent job on both wheels its gonna take more than 10-15 minutes. Many shops have a minimum 1 hour labor charge. It probably takes 15 minutes a wheel, maybe a bit more. >> It didn't take'em that long. It isn't rocket science. > > No but for a decent job on both wheels its gonna take more than 10-15 > minutes. Many shops have a minimum 1 hour labor charge. It probably > takes 15 minutes a wheel, maybe a bit more. Flat rate books pay an hour for a car. On a trailer it's much less. At 15 minutes per side, even if the labor rate was $100 an hour, it would only be $50. You should find another shop. This one is gouging you bad.  SignatureFrank Tabor Do not overtax your powers. >>> It didn't take'em that long. It isn't rocket science. >> No but for a decent job on both wheels its gonna take more than 10-15 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 15 minutes per side, even if the labor rate was $100 an hour, it would > only be $50. You should find another shop. This one is gouging you bad. Or just have them install EZ-Lube hubs and do it yourself. > Flat rate books pay an hour for a car. On a trailer it's much less. At > 15 minutes per side, even if the labor rate was $100 an hour, it would > only be $50. You should find another shop. This one is gouging you bad. I dont know of any RV shops around here that won't charge a minimum of 1 hour labor. >> Flat rate books pay an hour for a car. On a trailer it's much less. At >> 15 minutes per side, even if the labor rate was $100 an hour, it would >> only be $50. You should find another shop. This one is gouging you bad. > >I dont know of any RV shops around here that won't charge a minimum of 1 >hour labor. I had two axles done for $50. At an RV shop. Busiest one in town. Only one in town. Took an hour total. > I had two axles done for $50. At an RV shop. Busiest one in town. > Only one in town. Took an hour total. Won't happen here in AZ. There are far too many RV'ers here which drives up the cost of any services as well as the RV prices themselves. Only state I can think of that might be worse would be Florida. >> Flat rate books pay an hour for a car. On a trailer it's much less. At >> 15 minutes per side, even if the labor rate was $100 an hour, it would >> only be $50. You should find another shop. This one is gouging you bad. > >I dont know of any RV shops around here that won't charge a minimum of 1 >hour labor. Don't go to an RV shop. A regular shop will do. They are just bearings. Tom > >I dont know of any RV shops around here that won't charge a minimum of 1 > >hour labor. > > Don't go to an RV shop. A regular shop will do. They are just > bearings. I had it done once at an auto shop. They charged me 1/2 hour. IIRC, the rate was $86 per hour, so it was $43. >> For a few bucks I have a mechanic do it. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I'm lucky. My trailer has the Dexter EZ Lube hubs so I can lube them > myself with a standard grease gun. Ouch. On my last outing I cracked both the hubs on my camper. The first repair shop I stopped at charged $74 for two brand new hubs, bearings, seals, and labour. Andrew Following directions, it is an easy task to learn to do yourself. I would replace the bearings, races and seals and would then know that for the life of the trailer I would only have the seals to replace inthe future.... john |
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