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kyle86
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Apr 21, 2016

Opinion Needed - Repacking Wheel Bearings and found THIS

I am about to make a long trip so I went to repack the bearings for the first time on my new to me 2003 sunnybrook 5er. The previous owner told me he had to replace an axle due to a wheel coming off a...
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kyle86
Explorer
Apr 25, 2016
I'm going to order factory preassembled dexters. Not sure if they use china bearings but i will be inspecting them yearly.

Redneck recommended 6000 lb axles pre assembled with 12x2 brakes. Is that overkill? I mentioned 5200 but he said parts were harder to get for a 5200.

Anyway price for a 6000 rated pre assembled dexter is $278 plus tax (298otd) which is roughly a $60 increase over a preassembled 3500.

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