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shroomer
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Topic: Spring maintenance Posted: 13 Jan 2014 at 9:43pm |
Took my pod for a trip yesterday. Moved the tires a quarter of a turn to give another spot a chance to be flat. Waiting for another warm day in March...
Question: How often do wheel bearings need repacking? Only going 1,000 - 2,000 miles a year in it.
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techntrek
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 9:24am |
Some do it every year, which can't hurt. I go every 2-3 years with normal use but with 5000+ mile trips scheduled each summer I'm back to annual.
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wingnut2312
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 9:58am |
Do you have that done at a dealer or yourself?
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techntrek
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 11:31am |
With our popup I did it myself, but since I bought the pod I've had either the pod dealer do it, or my local mechanic.
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Keith-N-Dar
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 6:48pm |
I have it done and the brakes checked over every spring. I don't think it needs it but it is cheap for the ability to sleep at night.
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wingnut2312
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 7:11pm |
Doug-is it easy to do or would I be better off just having the dealership do it? I can't imagine a huge charge for that
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David and Danette
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 7:48pm |
Outbound would be a good r-pod owner to answer that question I believe he does the wheel maitnance himself. David
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 7:50pm |
I did ours, took a couple hours the first time. I'll be doing it again this season and I do not expect it to take half the time it did originally.
It's simple just messy. Having done it successfully once I wouldn't pay someone else to do it, that's just me though.
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wingnut2312
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 8:06pm |
So kymooses, since you did such an unbelievably amazing job of the winterization video (is this thick enough?), do you think you would be willing to show off some more of your awesome videography skills by posting a vid of repacking the bearings??? Lol, or possibly post a link of how to? Thanks!!
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014 at 9:09pm |
If you have done wheel bearings in the past it is not to hard to pull apart, clean all parts, replace the hub seals with new ones, inspect the bearings and the races, grease the bearings and reassemble and then readjust the brakes. Plan an afternoon to do it the first time.
Make sure to get new hub seals before you start as you will destroy the seals taking them out even with a seal removing tool. There is a tag on your axle, on the pass. side facing forward that will tell you what axle manufacturer made your axle so you can get the right seals.
I have way more time than money so I grease my own, it can be a little bit of a mess. With that in mind I can see Travis's camera as he pulls apart the bearings with one hand and tries to shoot video with the other, wiping the sweat from his forehead, gets grease on his forehead then on the camera. Oh what a mess. ![](smileys/smiley4.gif) Goose
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