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How often should you grease trailer wheel bearings?
Boat trailers: every 6–12 months
Regular road trailers: every 12 months or 12,000 miles
Heavy-use or long-distance: check before any major trip
Replace bearings every 2–3 years if used frequently.
How to grease trailer wheel bearings
1. Secure and lift the trailer
Park on level ground.
Apply handbrake or chock the opposite wheels.
Jack up the trailer and support with axle stands — never rely on the jack alone.
2. Remove the wheel
Loosen wheel nuts and pull the wheel off.
3. Remove the hub dust cap
Pry off the dust cap using a flat screwdriver.
Be gentle — you’ll reuse it unless damaged.
4. Remove the split pin and hub nut
Straighten and remove the split pin.
Unscrew the castellated nut or nyloc nut (depending on the system).
Slide off the washer.
5. Remove the hub
Pull the hub toward you.
The outer bearing will usually fall into your hand — keep hold of it.
The inner bearing and grease seal stay in the hub until removed.
6. Remove bearings and clean everything
Knock out the inner seal carefully from the inside of the hub.
Remove inner bearing.
Clean both bearings thoroughly in degreaser or solvent.
Clean grease from the hub races (bearing cups).
Inspect everything:
NO pitting, bluing, scoring, roughness → bearings must be replaced.
Check the grease seal and replace if worn.
7. Pack the bearings with grease
You can use a bearing-packer tool or do it by hand:
Hand-packing method:
Put a lump of grease in one hand.
Push the bearing’s edge into the grease repeatedly until grease squeezes out the top between the rollers.
Rotate the bearing and repeat until the whole circumference is packed.
Fully coat the bearing once packed.
Do this for both inner and outer bearings.
8. Reassemble the hub
Inner bearing first:
Place it into the hub.
Fit a new grease seal (tap in evenly with a flat block of wood).
Slide the hub back onto the spindle.
Insert the outer bearing, followed by the washer and nut.
9. Adjust the hub nut correctly
Tighten the nut while spinning the hub until it’s firm — this seats the bearings.
Back the nut off slightly until the hub spins freely with very slight end float (a tiny bit of play).
Insert a new split pin and bend it securely.
10. Refit dust cap and wheel
Tap the dust cap back on.
Refit the wheel, torque the wheel nuts.
Spin the wheel: it should rotate freely with no grinding sounds.
Do trailer wheels need to be balanced?
While many trailer manufacturers do not balance the wheels as standard, doing so comes with a range of benefits:
- Extended tyre life
- Smoother towing experience
- Improved safety
