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Oil bath hubs?

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Gadgetman Proficient

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I have liqualube hubs on the trailer for my 1900 pro vle and love them. The owner before me had trailered to Canada dozens of times and never changed them. I had my local tire guy take them off and replace the bearings just to be safe and he said tht they were in mint condition. The companyn guys are great to work with and will answer any questins you have. Not very expensive and no more fussing with grease guns. They sell a lot of them to over the road truckers who go 100's of thousands of miles on them with little or no maitenance. They are located some place in wisconsin. I'd go for it if I didnt already have it

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I've seen these and thought I 'd like to try them out sometime. The clear dust covers are nice a for visual inspection of lube level and condition. Downside, if the seal goes bad your going to be losing lube fast and water intrusion would be an instant concern. When the seal goes on a greased hub the bearings will eventually fail if not attended to but its something that doesn't have to be done right away. I guess I'd have a spare seal and lube with me at all times with an oil bath setup.

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S.T. if the seal goes bad and water gets in they tell me it just makes more lube as it is a water based product...that said if it all leaks out you would have a problem. But as I mentioned earlier they have been on my trailer for years with no problems

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S.T. if the seal goes bad and water gets in they tell me it just makes more lube as it is a water based product...that said if it all leaks out you would have a problem. But as I mentioned earlier they have been on my trailer for years with no problems

It isn't going to make more lube, it is going to dillute whatever lube is in there.

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Check this thread:

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=500363&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

[note from admin: this item is approved to be listed here and has been paid for by Valv. He gets this one time privilege because he is by far the most frequent classified advertiser we have].

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