Posted by caterpillar guy on August 17, 2022 at 16:31:12 from (47.26.95.42):
I'm having a problem with a couple wheel seals leaking on our dump trailer. I have always just tightened them up till I could not turn them or they turned hard, then back off till I could turn them smoothly and reasonably easy not to easy but easy with a bit of drag sort of. Any one who has done semi wheel bearings knows what I mean. These are Fruehauf axles on a 98 or 99 tri axle dump trailer an old coal bucket so it has the bigger axles with the 7foot high sides and lots of space. We changed over to the hub piloted wheels last year and dropped it down a bit with short 22.5's instead of the tall 24.5's. I was looking for a better way to torque the wheels bearings. It has the big 8sided nut with about 4inch od nut. I tightened it up till it was tight and could still turn it albeit was stuck for a second then turned reasonable with a drag like it might be to tight. I am thinking they may have been to loose for the reason the seal went to leaking since I can't find a problem with the seal nor the wear ring on the spindle. Any ideas welcome. I'm going to close it up for tonight and see what the results are before closing it up for permanent.
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