Posted by Fred from MO on April 22, 2013 at 11:24:01 from (69.55.155.226):
Funny story, or (stupid story however you look at it?). I have a little dinky trailer that was once a 12 foot flatbottom boat trailer in the 70's that was converted to a 3-motocycle trailer in the 80's, then I converted it to a 10 x 7 foot flat bed trailer in the 90's (are you following me on this one LOL!) So anyway in the late 90's I replaced the wheel bearings and races and repacked everything. The trailer sat and was only used for odd jobs here and there. I recently started using the trailer more often for long 4 or 5 hour trips down the highway and I had this eerie feeling in the back of my head that I ought to repack those things the next chance I got. So when I did the bearings were shot on the one side of the trailer and fell out. Luckily it was just after a major trip and they fell out in my driveway. The hub design stinks from a maintenance standpoint. The hub cap is an odd 2.32 inch cover. The bearings are 1-1/4 bot on the inboard side and the outboardside of the hub and to get to the inboard bearing you have to pull the oil seal usually destroying it. Costs is $11 for each of the seals. They dont make bearing buddies for this size that I can find, and Im not sure that those things are that great anyway??? So Im curious of all the trailer guru's on here if you can give a guy some advice on how often you repack your trailer bearings?
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