Hello.I have a 40 foot gooseneck with 2 10k axles that are oil bath.I run Mobil 1 80w90 in them.Problem is that the seal blows out on them every 20-30k miles ruining the shoes and sometimes the magnet as well.Dexter shoes are $100,magnet $63,and seal $29 so it adds up since I run 1500-2000 miles a week.I had one blow out completely a couple years ago and saw the smoke in my rear view mirror so I pulled over immediately and the bearings were toast as well as the hub.
Everyone that does hotshot hauling recommends that I repack the bearings with grease so that when the seals fail it doesn't take the shoes out as well.The guys I know run them cross country doing a lot more miles than me and only add a few squirts of grease if one hub is getting hotter and repack once a year.No failures that way.
What would be the best grease for this? Called ConocoPhillips and they said semi fluid,but wouldn't that still leak into the shoes?
Everyone that does hotshot hauling recommends that I repack the bearings with grease so that when the seals fail it doesn't take the shoes out as well.The guys I know run them cross country doing a lot more miles than me and only add a few squirts of grease if one hub is getting hotter and repack once a year.No failures that way.
What would be the best grease for this? Called ConocoPhillips and they said semi fluid,but wouldn't that still leak into the shoes?
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