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Vault hubs

After reading a post over on the bbc board got me to thinking. Definitly not wanting to replace all my hubs! Im 6 yrs in on my hubs. My gut tells me these hubs need tore down and inspected! So my my questions are Can i reuse the cover cap Is the bearing and seals the standard size If standard grease is used will it build enough pressure off to blow the caps off. Or is this just a standard tear down clean and inspect. Repack bearings with wheel bearing grease of choice, replace seals, install exististing vault cover cap. Or is it best to replace with new hubs from bcb Wat is BCB's take on the dexter "ez lube cap". Ive read over on the bbc board where vault and the marine world is basically in shambles. Due to the failure over time. So im it best at 6 yrs in i need to get this taken of. Will bcb carry in parts a complete grease style hub assembly like the vault assembly. Where its a simply remove one bolt remove the arm and replace

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January 21, 2020 at 4:44 am #683529

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Increased failure rate…

January 21, 2020 at 6:21 am #683551

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Increased failure rate…

So “operator related” or “manufacture related”. I mean failure related is big words. In a “failure analysis ” world. What is causing these “failures”. Surely fishing line doesn’t cause all of these failures and if it is causing the majority of the issue then….

I like the hubs free maintence so to speak other than jacking up and checking the usual : end play, and leaky seals. Obivously checking for draging fishing line at the ramp!.

So again im curious. Is theses failures

Operator error or manufacture error?

January 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm #683927

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The same maintenance free applies to grease hubs. Simply don’t put a grease gun on them and they run for a long time. We do not suggest using a grease gun on any Bearing Buddy system.
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