More bad news.... I pulled the front axle hub on the other side and found another burnt and chewed up spindle. It didn't even have a cotter pin :(
So now I need 2 axles. At this point I might as well go ahead and upgrade both axles. At least I found all this out now instead of later. After taking off 3 wheel I already know of 4 bearing failures. My trailer axle weighs in at 6700 lbs. each axle is rated at 3500. The gwvr of the trailer is 10,000 lbs. That means the trailer was built with too small of axle to handle even the gvwr. How sad. So what axle should. I upgrade to? I'm thinking 2 axles, new brakes, new springs, new shackles, and new hardware. Maybe even new tires.
