Whoa, Thanks for all the info, but I'm a little confused.
For starters, I greased all of the wheel bearings - took them out and repacked each one by hand, at 15,189 miles. How do I know the mileage? I keep a daily log sheet with trailer miles towed for each day. On my log sheet I also keep a running total of my total miles towed. I know exactly how many miles my trailer has on it.
I may be wrong, but the info I have is that they should be repacked every 15,000 miles. So I still have a little ways to go before they get to 30,000.
I also read that the wheel bearing should have 2 shots of grease every 2,000 miles via the EZ lube Zerks in between the repackings. If this is not correct, let me know. So while I was rotating my tires, I also gave each EZ Lube Zerk 2 shots of grease.
In order to rotate my tires, I had to have two tires off the ground at any point in time. (I rotate all 5 tires.) I started with the two tires on the Door side. Since it is hard to get to the Equa-Flex Zerks with the wheels on, it seemed logical to try and grease them with the wheels off. That is where I ran into a problem and hence my original question.
Now if I understand what was written above, I need to raise the frame with a bottle jack and let the axles hang free. It still seems to me that it will be hard to grease the zerks with both wheels on. So maybe I just take off one wheel to gain better access to the Zerks. Am I missing something here?
Finally with regard to all of the bushings. I'm still confused. Is this something that I can do or is there some special equipment needed. Where do you buy the bolts/bushings, etc? I've always been a pretty good handyman. Worked on a lot of cars in my life time, but I'd hate to drop the axles, springs, etc and not be able to get them back up!
With respect to DW_Gray, I was told that a bottle jack placed on the axle could cause the axle housing to bend and possibly damage the axle. So I had two special adapters made from steel that are about 5" long and look like the letter U. At the bottom of the U, is a small piece of 1" steel pipe that is welded in place. I screw up about 3/4" of the screw in the bottle jack to fit inside the pipe so the jack can not slip off the adapter. I have used it for 3 years now with no problems.
With all that being said, now that we are full time, maintenance is even more important too me. So any suggestions regarding the above or anything else you think I should know about is more than welcome.
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Roy Andes