Lippert Axle Grease?

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   I advise against topping off the bearing on a regular basis as a form of preventative maintenance.  You'll just end up pressurizing he grease in there, potentially creating a situation where grease gets past the rear seal and onto the brakes.  Regular inspection, cleaning and repacking of your bearings is the best plan.  Do it annually, every spring before heading out, if you're concerned.

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Outbound Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 767	Topic: Lippert Axle Grease? Posted: 18 Jun 2011 at 9:13am
	I advise against topping off the bearing on a regular basis as a form of preventative maintenance. You'll just end up pressurizing he grease in there, potentially creating a situation where grease gets past the rear seal and onto the brakes. Regular inspection, cleaning and repacking of your bearings is the best plan. Do it annually, every spring before heading out, if you're concerned.
	Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150

Goose Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672	Posted: 18 Jun 2011 at 2:32am
	I need to pull out the bearings to clean them and then regrease them before we use our POD, still have two big projects to finish before I look at the POD. I have not thought about what grease to use so I thank you for your leg work. I believe what I would do is to clean the old grease from the bearings and repack them by hand with the one brand that you can get then repack the grease gun that you want to use for the bearings by hand with the rest of the grease in the tub. We traveled right around 3000 miles last year with the POD so I will spend the time and a few dollars to repack the bearings to prevent a failure on the road. Before we left last year I did hit each bearing with the grease gun using the grease that I had in it, making sure that I had grease coming back out through the bearing. On our trip I checked the bearings at every stop for excessive heat and they ran cool the whole way. Goose
	Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee

TIDALWAVE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Location: MINNESOTA Online Status: Offline Posts: 315	Posted: 17 Jun 2011 at 5:34pm
	The R-Pod uses Lippert Axles. The axle manual suggests that any of the following is acceptable: Mobilgrease HP/Exxon-Ronex MP/Kendall L-427/Valvoline Val-Plex (#615)/ or Pennzoil 707L. I want to carry a grease gun with me to 'top' off the axle bearings through the Zerk fittings when I have been hauling the Pod a long distance on a single trip. So, I have a couple of questions: 1) Can I use any of the above with each other? I don't know what brand that Lippert uses at the factory, so there is a good chance that which ever of the above I use will not be the same brand as provided at the factory. 2) Has any member bought any of the above brands in a 'tube' (to be used in a grease gun rather than hand packing)? If so, do you have a recommendation where to buy of these greases. I have checked with over half a dozen auto-parts dealers in my home town and only one had one of the recommended greases...and they only carried the Kendal in tubs and not tubes.
	TIDALWAVE