If I remember right Triton used a different system than Bearing Buddy.

When greasing the one Triton uses you add grease until it comes out of a hole on the back side. Then you know that both the outer and inner bearings have been greased.

I raise the wheel and spin it as I add grease until I see new grease coming out of the hole.

I would start fresh and repack your wheel bearings.

 

Listen to your preventative brain and repack them now. Then your brain will be at peace.

 

That's a really nice trailer, congrats.

I wouldn't recommend bearing buddies on that trailer, yes you can add grease easy with them but you still have to take the hub apart and check the bearings every so often, most times guy's will think oh I have bearing buddies and assume everything is fine, next thing you know they lose a wheel because it's been 10 years since they were looked at.

If it was a boat trailer absolutely add buddies so you can give it grease more often, I don't think you will be driving in the lake with a atv trailer.

I have 6 trailers, they are kind of my thing, lol

3 boat, 1 cargo and 2 utility, all my boat trailers have buddies but I still look at them and repack them every year, whats good about the buddies on a boat trailer is that when you put grease in them it will push any water out the small hole in the back of the hub, personally I think they are a waste of money on a trailer that isn't submerged.

Put some grease in your hand and roll the bearing back and forth until it will not take any more.

When you put it back together the nut should be finger tight and then back it off 1/8th of a turn, never tighten that nut with a wrench, it should be backed off 1/8th because when it heats up it expands.

Too tight will cause your bearings to fail, too loose will make your tire wear funny

 

That's a really nice trailer, good luck. I've trying to find on like that also and for around that price range.

 

that's a whole bunch of great advise Checkmate guy

 

i learned something there checkmate! i've been backing mine off 1/4. i didn't know it was supposed to be 1/8. now i know why my tires are wearing a little weird. heck, i've been troubleshooting my 4 wheel alignment on the springs. whodathunkit?

thanks

 

how's that ecoboost pull that trailer? good I imagine.

 

Thanks for all the great advice about the bearings and such. I did the job today without ever doing it before. Watching a video on etrailer.com's website really helped.

They were certainly original and both out bearings had a brown color to them which sounds like they got overheated at one point. The numbers were hard to read on the outers so with some help from etrailer's web support they had a package that fit my application based on the trailer axle weight limit as well as joining together the numbers I could read. I then went to Farm and Fleet and got what I needed based on that info. THANK YOU for the tip of writing the numbers down for future use! Great idea! What an incredibly messing job, though.

I also purchased and installed a swivel jack on the front tongue which will aid in manuevering. I have to purchase a spare tire/rim combo and a mount for that and I think I will be set to go for many years, and journeys, down the road!

Nice eye on the Ecoboost engine on my F150. Hardly could see the badge on the front doors! It has just under 5000 miles so I haven't really had an opportunity to pull anything with it yet but I imagine it will haul this trailer fully loaded with ease. I believe I can do over 7000 lbs if I remember my door sticker correctly.

 

Brown would most likely indicate possilby some moisture rusting the bearing and/or races and just a pure lack of maint.

Too much heat will turn the bearings and cages blue.

I always used Valvoline blue boat trailer bearing grease.

 

Spectra, you are probably right. The studs for the lug nuts were pretty rusty, and even some brownish coloring on the spindle in a spot or two and the grease that was in there had a brown tinge to it indicating that moisture probably had gotten in there and began to do it's thing.

I noticed today the two yellow marker lights near the front corners didn't work. I took off the lens cover and they were as corroded as they come. I then crawled underneath and took a look and it appears they have been replaced once already because whoever did the wiring used enough electrical tape to "secure and waterproof" the connection by going around it 12-15 times. Luckily, I have two of those exact lights laying around that I will put in their place and hopefully get them running as well.

Loving my Modine heater to do work in the garage! Low 50's, dressed comfortably and working with my bare hands versus bundled up, low 30's or high 20's in the garage and wearing gloves...cussing the whole way through! Don't miss that!