bearing grease for KingMarine trailer

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What is everyone using for grease for the KingMarine trailers with the superlube axles. I bought what I thought was the correct blue lithium grease but today noticed the warning on the back, "not suitable for axles with stainless steel disc brakes". Where do you purchase it? I live in a small town and the Exxon product specified in the manual isn't available here.
 
Thay have also used the mobile one grease for trailer bearings.

The issue with Disc Brakes is heat, as they tend to run warmer than drums, and some greases will break down at those temps.
 
I was using standard Lithium based NLGI #2 grade. I called them and that's what the use in new trailers. It was difficult to find. I finally found some at an auto parts store.

Note: you CANNOT mix different bases; lithium, aluminum etc. so if you want to use another based grease you must disassemble the bearings/hub, clean thoroughly and re-pack. I re-packed my bearings using a marine grade grease which seems to last longer than the auto lithium base they came with.

Look here: http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=15745&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
 
That's helpful, thanks.
 
The MASTER of trailer bearings is Gary Estes, Estes Mobile Repair in Issaquah, WA. You will find numerous testimonials for Gary on this site. Gary only uses Lucas Red 'n Tacky No. 2. It is not hard to find...
 
You don't have to take the super lube system apart if you want to change grease. Just raise your trailer and rotate the hub while you pump in your new grease, continue until you see that your new grease has displaced the old. Heres a link to the owners manual for your hub.
http://www.tiedown.com/pdf/c718.pdf

Eric
 
How good is the Lucas product?

Tie Down puts a 6 year 100,000 mile warranty on their Vortex hub system, but only if the supplied Lucas grease is used.

In fact the Vortex hub is available as an aftermarket replacement for existing hubs, with the same warranty. It is a sealed system, which means that you DON"T ADD GREASE. For six years.

And with it's sealed system, water can't get into the hub. Pretty impressive, and I think far superior to oil bath systems, with the warranty to back it up.

http://products.tiedown.com/viewitems/v ... |1396|1401
 
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