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Old 01 July 2009, 15:49   #1
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Bearing buddies

Anyone tried these?

Your thoughts?

http://trailertek.co.uk/acatalog/Bearing_buddies.html
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Old 01 July 2009, 16:02   #2
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Anyone tried these?

Your thoughts?

http://trailertek.co.uk/acatalog/Bearing_buddies.html
Yep, had them for over 2 years now. Excellent. Not had to change a bearing since I got the trailer.
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Old 01 July 2009, 16:26   #3
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Had mine a year ad OK so far. I paid a bit more for my ones, so I'm a bit peeved these are so cheap
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Old 01 July 2009, 20:34   #4
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Well worth the money in my opinion, and from my experiance.

Think of it that they are only 3/4s of the cost of a new set of bearings.

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Old 02 July 2009, 09:03   #5
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all our recent trailers have had them and the 2001 boat and trailer is still on its original bearings despite having been all round the country to different venues and now sitting for long periods of idleness as the other boats do its job. I think that the main solution however is good waterproof grease. Some are not and form an emulsion with seawater within which the bearings happily rust away. We used to use castrol heavy and never changed another bearing after starting with it-but no longer available. Now as for *!*!*! brakes that is an entirely different matter although we did manage to get some brake cables with a grease nipple halfway along last time and they have been bril.
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Old 02 July 2009, 09:22   #6
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Another thunbs up here. So easy to re grease too
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search ebay for 'Trailer Bearing Saver'

£14.50 inc p+p.
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Old 02 July 2009, 21:11   #8
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Bearing savers

I've got them on mine too. The bearings look like new each time I check and really easy to keep on top of.

Money really well spent
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Only ordered them yesterday and arrived this morning.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRAILER-BEARIN...3%3A1|294%3A50
They're genuine Indespension ones too.
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Old 03 July 2009, 15:21   #10
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How far do they stick out from the face of the hub?
I was thinking of these too but recollect I would not get my Bulldog wheelclamp on with them installed..........

Or is this completely wrong?

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