Dust Caps & Bearing Buddies

Stainless Steel Bearing Buddies 45mm - 3/4" (Pack of 2)

SKU: V-SBP34BL

$48.40
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The SBP34BL is a bearing protector and cover set supplied as a pair, designed for compatible trailer hubs. Bearing protectors help maintain grease pressure around the wheel bearings and provide an easy grease-service point, making them particularly useful on boat trailers regularly exposed to water.

Key benefits

Key Benefits

  • Pair of bearing protectors
  • Protective blue covers
  • Helps keep wheel bearings correctly greased
  • Convenient grease maintenance
  • Helps reduce water and contaminant ingress
  • Particularly useful for boat and marine trailers
  • Helps extend wheel-bearing and seal service life
  • Protective cover helps keep dirt away from the grease fitting
  • Suitable for compatible trailer hub assemblies

How Bearing Protectors Work

  • Bearing protectors replace the conventional hub dust caps on compatible trailer hubs. Once correctly installed and greased, the spring-loaded protector maintains grease around the wheel-bearing assembly.
  • This is especially useful on boat trailers because hubs can rapidly cool when submerged at a boat ramp. Maintaining the bearing system and seals helps reduce the risk of water contamination.

Suitable Applications

  • The SBP34BL is suitable for compatible
  • Boat trailers
  • Marine trailers
  • Jet ski trailers
  • Tinny trailers
  • Fibreglass boat trailers
  • Aluminium boat trailers
  • Utility trailers
  • Trailer hubs requiring the corresponding bearing-protector size

Important Fitment Information

  • Before ordering, measure the hub's dust-cap bore accurately and compare it with the actual SBP34BL protector. Bearing protectors are an interference/press fit, so selecting the correct diameter is important.
  • Do not select a bearing protector solely by bearing number, wheel stud pattern or axle size—the hub's dust-cap bore is the critical measurement.

Maintenance Advice

  • Bearing protectors are not a substitute for regular wheel-bearing servicing. Periodically inspect the wheel bearings, races, marine seals and grease condition.
  • Avoid excessive greasing. Overfilling can place unnecessary pressure on the rear seal and potentially force grease past it.

Signs of Replacement

  • Replace the protector or cover if there is impact damage, corrosion, looseness in the hub, a damaged grease fitting, loss of spring action, cracked protective covers or repeated grease leakage.

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