Is it normal to pump about a tube per tire when greasing ez lube axles (wheel bearings)? Seemed like a lot to get the old stuff out. I don’t know how people would tell the difference if they used the same color grease every time. I spun those tires a long time. Might be easier with an automatic grease gun, but I don’t own one and it isn’t on my shopping list.
On a side note I just replaced a tire on my trailer, side walls were cracking on one, the others were fine. Probably wouldn’t have been an issue as they are about 8 ply (load range D). So, just a courtesy announcement
CHECK YOUR TIRES and CHECK YOUR NUTS (pun intended).
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Nope. Not normal, in my experience at least. I usually get three or four greasings out of a tube of grease. I grease it every 5,000 miles when I grease everything under my truck.
Don’t pump till the old comes out. Pump till the spring plate is seated, then stop. If not you can push out the rear seal, then you’ll be pumping tubes in and not filling it 
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I know a lot of old timers say to pump until the old comes out and, to be fair, even Dexter Axle has a video that shows them pumping the old out. I don’t do that myself. I just give each one 10 pumps and roll on. This method has worked well for me for many years on many trailers.
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Dexter’s video says to do it that way. I’m not disputing your point, just saying I did what the manufacturer recommended. I was just shocked by how much they took.
Yeah, I did what they said to do, but I went through about 3 tubes for four tires (wheel bearings). I thought it was a bit much. With everyone always saying don’t mix greases I was under the impression that keep on pumping cleared out the old stuff. It did take awhile.
You definitely don’t want to mix greases but that doesn’t mean by brand or anything. Just don’t mix greases with completely different bases. Most axle grease is the same or similar. So you should be fine. I’ve greased entire track hoes that typically only take one tube of grease a day. Yours is definitely overkill. When you over grease you damage and push out seals like IBS said. Take a look at the back side of your hubs and see if you have grease coming out anywhere back there.
SO i went and looked at some other youtube videos, and read some posts on some other forums, most say it takes about a tube per tire to do it the dexter way. I feel a lot better now. Apparently half the world hates ezlube and the other half loves it. Half the world thinks ez lube always pushes the rear seal out and the other half say no it doesn’t. The majority of people say to hand pack your bearings if you have the expertise, so you can inspect everything. Most people are saying that their new axles have almost no grease in them from the factory.
What a great bit of fun reading all that was.
