Heating hub on my fifth wheel
I have neverlube axles. Towing this week one wheel heated up noticeably and (monitored) tire pressure jumped up too high. I figured a bearing or stuck caliper. When jacked up the wheel in question sho...
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Jbird wrote:
Thanks for the responses. It sounds like caliper may be the trouble spot.
Durb: How will I know if bearing is bad once hub is removed? Ive had hubs off before,but I have no idea what Im looking for. I have weighed in the past with full tank of water I come in at about 17.2 with pin weight of just under 4K
Looks like your bearings are suited for your trailer based on 17.2k gross. The videos I have seen of failed NevRlubes had the hub bores flopping around, bearings missing and were overall trashed. They were so bad that they would have been detected with an inspection like what you already performed. My bearings, after 10 seasons, weep a little grease on the axle shaft center bearing but none on the brakes. I like the idea of the IR gun to pinpoint the heat source.
