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Thread: Grease

  1. #1
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    Grease

    Any remote greasing ideas for a maxIV. I am into a frame out, all new parts, rebuild. Is everyone taking all 6 wheels off after every mud hole to grease bearings??? Or is there something easier???

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    About every twenty hours of use the wife and I grease each bearing. We remove one wheel at a time to clean and squirt grease in the outer zerks.
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    I don't remove my wheels. I use an angle head fitting on a rubber hose grease gun. I have no problems.

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    Hopefully I'm not jumping out of order but I had a few questions in regards to the greasing process. What type of grease are you using? I also noticed that mine shot grease past the seal after two pumps. I'm assuming I need to replace the seals? If so where's the best place to buy seals for a Max IV?

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    I use the grease they recommend for boat trailer bearings. I can't remember the name of it but I get it at the local parts house.

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    Thank you for the info, have you ever had the grease shoot past the outer seals? It doesn't seem normal to have it squeeze past the seal.

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    I use Marine grease. All my axles squirt grease out the seals. I've read the over-greasing causes this, so we stop squirting grease once the grease begins to come out.
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    If I could jump in and ask a question about seals:
    I read on the board about some of you getting your bearings with the "r3" seal. Apparently this is a triple rubber seal - it seals out water better? Does it matter if your greasing regularly anyways?

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    Quote Originally Posted by brian19600 View Post
    If I could jump in and ask a question about seals:
    I read on the board about some of you getting your bearings with the "r3" seal. Apparently this is a triple rubber seal - it seals out water better? Does it matter if your greasing regularly anyways?
    Yes. No matter how many seals you have, it's still a good idea to grease on a regular basis. I grease after every other ride but only because my rides are 3-4 hours long through logging trails and I do push it through as much water as I can. Also you want to make sure your chains are greased. I don't go overboard on this. Just a nice coating is fine.

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    Thanks for the info rusty. I've Been crossing a fairly large lake every weekend and the seals concerned me with the extended water time. It's good to hear there's no concern!

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