Why The Xtractor?
What Happens when Hub Oil is Left in Too Long?
Hub oil is the lifeblood of the wheel end. It lubricates bearings, cools the hub, and protects seals from friction and contamination. When it isn’t serviced on a regular schedule, the oil gradually loses its protective qualities. This results in heat buildup, seal failure, and premature bearing wear.
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Particle Contamination Is Stealing Your Fuel and Margins
Foreign particle contamination is draining money from your trucking operation. Studies from a leading bearing manufacturer highlight a simple but costly truth.
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How Powertrain Losses Drive Up Fuel Budget
Parasitic losses in driveline components account for 5–7% of the fuel consumed by a heavy truck during highway operation. Let's translate that to hard dollars and talk about what we can do to claw those losses back.
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Hub Oil Analyzed: It's Worse Than You Think
A recent study by an independent, third-party laboratory highlights just how far reality can diverge from accepted cl...
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How The Xtractor Fights Back Against Wheel Seal Failure
Wheel seals will always be a wear item, but the damage they can cause doesn’t have to be inevitable.
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Cleaner Oil, Longer Bearing Life
Failure analysis from across the heavy-duty industry points to the same root cause over and over: contamination and lubrication breakdown are the real bearing killers.
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Rapid Hub Oil Change with HexThread® Technology
Standard hub caps make full oil changes a pain—usually requiring you to remove the entire cap and install a new gasket each time. With HexThread
® you skip all of that.
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Why The Xtractor? Because Containment Isn’t Enough
Fleet managers know that once a hub begins leaking, it’s usually too late. But what leads to those failures in the first place?
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