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Originally Posted by travelin texans
I had 4 set of drum brakes on 2 axles that would disagree, some knucklehead pumped TOO much grease into those zerks, it had to go somewhere.
I'm upgrading to disc this fall & those zerks Will be plugs.
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Done right, you can't pump too much, because the excess comes out the front. I just changed tires, and did all four wheels myself, pumping slow, easy, by hand, making sure each pump oozed old grease out. I pumped TWO tubes of grease through the four wheels, to make sure I pumped until new grease came out. The brakes are fine.
I started another discussion on wheel balancing that I believe could be the cause of both tire and wheel failures. Wheels don't come balanced from the factory, and many shops don't believe you need to balance "trailer" tires.
You should have seen the wiggle and shimmy on the balancer before I put the (much needed) weights on!