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I have always had them......

P.S. that’s barely a grease leak.......

 

It doesn't take much to get you written up, but to have to replace it on site, it has to drip. Sometimes you have to prove that to the inspecting officer though.

 

I was inspected at the trinidad scales once on a sunday. I was red tagged because of a leaky drive seal. I told the officer I had had the oil changed in the rears the evening before and had no leaks at all, but he said take a look.
It had one thin line of oil running straight down the tire and a drop on the ground. It had literally started leaking right there. I had to call a service truck, he didn't have a seal and couldn't get one. so he came out and pulled the brake drum.
There was not a spec of oil anywhere except for a thin 1/8 in line going straight down. I went on to denver then over to Ks, keeping an eye on it till I got to a shop I used all the time. He pulled it down and again, clean as a whistle, and told me it was a waste of money to change it. I said it is my money, so lets change it.
when he pulled the axle oil run out and run over his catch pan, the oil change shop had put at least 2 gallons more oil in it than it called for.
It cost me a ticket, a 200 dollar service call and a shop bill for a new seal, but that's truckin. lol

 

He couldn't put you out of service for that one in the picture, it has to be dripping for an oos, but like I said, I have had to make them read me the law to prove that before.

 

I pickup and deliver about a hundred brand new trailers of all types every year for the past 15 years. I can count on one hand the number of trailers that had dust covers installed. That includes the several hundred stacked tandem assemblies spread around every manufacturers inventory.

 

Looking picture you posted I'll take drums off and wash hubs with red brake cleaner. Check hub bearings play. As for me you have loose bearings and wetness around seal, btw it's OK by manufacturer manual to have wetness. LEO don;t bother to read manuals.

 

Rent a trailer for a week and get back to the money. Or wipe that grease away and keep running it until the timing to fix it suits you.

 

It is not hard at all if you have the tools. It can be done without tools depending on which type of seal you buy, but you have to know a few tricks. lol
Personally with three wet hubs, I would let them handle it, the bearings were not set right from the git go for three to be wet.
I had to go take a stack of flats down and load the trailer that was on the ground once, because the manufacturer forgot to grease the bearings at all. lol