1989 Nuwa Hitchhiker II axles
I'm stuck in a campground in Hugoton Kansas. I've got a 1989 Nuwa Hitchhiker II 29 foot 5th wheel and one of the tires/wheels/hubs/drum fell off as I was pulling into the campground. The bearings ar...
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KSSteve wrote:
Unfortunately, I'm stuck about as far west in Kansas as you can get. What three RV repair shops have told me to do is go to any good trailer dealer (need not be RV--cattle trailers, horse trailers, equipment trailers) and they will most likely have an identical replacement spindle, hub/drum etc. The major challenge will be finding a machinist willing to cut the old spindle off and weld a new one on. That's my goal Monday.
Perhaps oddly, I'm actually kind of enjoying it here. There's worse places than Hugoton, Kansas.
Yeah your off the beaten path in that area. Very laid back.
I'm familiar with cutting off the old spindle and welding a new one on. I bought a used tandem axle 34' GN equipment trailer/8k axles. I did the trailer inspection before being put in commercial service and found both right side axle stubs had been cut off a new ones welded on. I had a big rig spring shop in my area that did all my trailers frame/suspension repair. They found both stubs way out of alignment. If I had a new axle stub welded back on it would be to get me on down the road to find new axle assys.
