Bearing running hot
I am towing my tamdem 21' travel trailer. It is old, 1975. 2 days into my 9 day journey across Canada I have a persistent warm bearing issue. The first day, I did it by feel, and one bearing, th...
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Glad you found your problem.
There is a lot of talk about tires and blowouts on here. But little about people checking their wheel bearings when on the road. I'm guilty as most I guess.
I've wanted to take my wheel simulators off and check bearings more frequently. Just the thought of taking them off and I get dirty looks from my other half.
When on road I do check tire temps, I wonder how much temp(heat) would transfer to tire indicating a tire or bearing problem? Having access without hub caps and temp gun would be easier to pin point problem of... is it the tire or bearing causing the high temps?
There is a lot of talk about tires and blowouts on here. But little about people checking their wheel bearings when on the road. I'm guilty as most I guess.
I've wanted to take my wheel simulators off and check bearings more frequently. Just the thought of taking them off and I get dirty looks from my other half.
When on road I do check tire temps, I wonder how much temp(heat) would transfer to tire indicating a tire or bearing problem? Having access without hub caps and temp gun would be easier to pin point problem of... is it the tire or bearing causing the high temps?
