Wet bolt suspension lube

**Howie0** · 05-02-2021, 11:21 AM

Noticed my 27RL has wet bolts with zerks. Is there anything special about how much grease is applied? I assume I just pump enough until I see a little exiting. Any advice?

**dryfly** · 05-02-2021, 11:30 AM

I think that's about all you can do. The wet bolt is nothing more than a small channel running from the zerk fitting down through the bolt then exiting the side of the bolt. It could be made to be a lot more efficient in greasing the bushing but it is what it is. I've really not come to a conclusion on how often to re-grease the fittings.

**geotex1** · 05-02-2021, 12:01 PM

Best tip I can share is to use Red n Tacky (or the equal of other brands) and pump enough till you see fresh red exiting and wipe away the dirty grease.

**tfgd21bhe** · 05-02-2021, 04:24 PM

I had cre3000 and morryde heavy duty shackles and wet bolts installed on my 21bhe by Morryde in Elhart last spring. I asked about how often to lubricate and they told me every 10K miles.

**Cannon07** · 05-02-2021, 08:44 PM

Make sure their taking grease. This is what one of mine looked like after 4000 miles.

**Howie0** · 05-03-2021, 06:54 AM

Thanks for your responses. I will give them a lube and not worry about too much.

**dryfly** · 05-03-2021, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by geotex1

Best tip I can share is to use Red n Tacky (or the equal of other brands) and pump enough till you see fresh red exiting and wipe away the dirty grease.

I'll second this recommendation on grease. I'm also using it in wheel bearings now. Replaced Lubriplate for me. I also bought a high pressure grease gun for ease.

**TheJimmer** · 05-31-2021, 07:42 PM

My 2021 Reflection Travel Trailer has wet bolts, with the Moryde 3000. When I raise/lower the front of the trailer using the tongue jack, I can hear the suspension clicking/creeking. I just tried to lube up the wet bolts with a grease gun, but 4 of them would not take any grease. I had to rotate the position of the bolt until it would take grease.

So, all of you with new trailers/5th wheels that come with the wet bolts, you should immediately try to grease up the wet bolts before your first trip. If a bolt doesn't take grease, you can rotate the bolt by turning in the tightening direction. If your lucky, the bolt will spin in place, and then you try greasing with the bolt in a different orientation. If the bolt doesn't spin, you may have to loosen to turn it. I saw several different torque specs, from 50 lb-feet to 1/4 turn after contact/it starts to tighten. Do what you need to do to avoid the bolt coming loose.

You likely have some non-greased wet bolts from the factory, and if you don't do this, you're likely ruining a few of the bolts without any grease, which will result in a very premature failure.

**EsquireRV** · 05-31-2021, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by TheJimmer

I had to rotate the position of the bolt until it would take grease.

...If a bolt doesn't take grease, you can rotate the bolt by turning in the tightening direction. If your (sic) lucky, the bolt will spin in place, and then you try greasing with the bolt in a different orientation.

Perhaps you inferred this expanded instruction below, but your above post made no mention other than to 'rotate' the wet bolts.

Do NOT rotate any wet bolt unless you first remove the oval nut and hammer out the wet bolt. Wet bolts have splines directly under the bolt head, to prevent rotation. Once you hammer them out, the typically suppled oval nuts are designed to be thrown away and replaced (unless you have castle nuts) The oval nuts are designed to deform to the bolt as they are tightened to the correct torque rating. Reuse of an oval nut will likely result in failure.

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**huntindog** · 06-01-2021, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by TheJimmer

My 2021 Reflection Travel Trailer has wet bolts, with the Moryde 3000. When I raise/lower the front of the trailer using the tongue jack, I can hear the suspension clicking/creeking. I just tried to lube up the wet bolts with a grease gun, but 4 of them would not take any grease. I had to rotate the position of the bolt until it would take grease.

So, all of you with new trailers/5th wheels that come with the wet bolts, you should immediately try to grease up the wet bolts before your first trip. If a bolt doesn't take grease, you can rotate the bolt by turning in the tightening direction. If your lucky, the bolt will spin in place, and then you try greasing with the bolt in a different orientation. If the bolt doesn't spin, you may have to loosen to turn it. I saw several different torque specs, from 50 lb-feet to 1/4 turn after contact/it starts to tighten. Do what you need to do to avoid the bolt coming loose.

You likely have some non-greased wet bolts from the factory, and if you don't do this, you're likely ruining a few of the bolts without any grease, which will result in a very premature failure.

Warning!!Do NOT do this! Spinning the bolts without removing them will ruin the hangers! The bolts have splines that bite into the hangers to PREVENT spinning. Forcing them to spin will cause the bolt hole in the hanger to wobble out in size.... Then the bolt can spin at anytime. The fix for this is to cut off the hangers and weld on new ones.

To the OP: You may be able to salvage this situation. Get new bolts and nuts. Remove the bolts you turned. Use a ball joint press. Auto parts stores generally have a loan a tool program that is free. If your hangers had the same sized hole on both sides, you can simply install the bolts backwards. (again , use the ball joint press)The downside to this fix is that you may have to remove the tires to grease them in the future....