Review on 🔧 Bearing Buddy Stainless Steel Bearing Protectors (1.980" Diameter) with Auto Check and Bras - Pair by Brian Young

Replaced old rusty painted boat trailer hubs with chrome bearing guards (different brand) with new zinc plated hubs and added these new stainless steel bearing partner guards. BENEFITS: The blue ring gives a good visual indication of how full the hub is of grease. Mine did NOT fall shortly after installation as some reviewers have complained. Read the discussion of CONS below. CONS: Bearing Buddies don't come with a bushing holder to install, but they don't come with bearing grease either, and in my opinion BOTH are required for proper installation. I believe that anyone installing bearing buddies (which rely on an interference fit) should use a bushing compound such as Permatex 64000 High Temperature Bushing Retainer or Loctite 37424 640 High Strength Bushing Retainer on the mating surfaces. Your hub versus bearing buddy can be an issue and lead to a loose connection, and the hub retainer mass can hold the bearing buddies securely in place when the mating surfaces don't match perfectly and fit through oversize. Think of bushing lock similar to thread sealant (like Loctite Threadlocker), but it's designed to increase the strength of sliding or press-fit components by filling small voids between mating parts and increasing assembly strength. Both Permatex and Loctite state that the compound can add "up to 3,000 psi" holding capacity.