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icepickjazz
Explorer
Apr 27, 2013

Smoked Bearing -- Spindle Damage - Axle Replacement??

Wheel bearing smoked on my trailer. I'm not sure how long it had been smoking, no one honked or alerted me. We were about 1 mile from storage lot when noticed smoke pouring from the wheel. I had a...
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rwgeiser
Explorer
Apr 28, 2013
Looks like the bearing races can be removed and the spindle cleaned up. Clean up the seal boss area and install a speedy sleeve from most any auto parts store. They can tell you which sleeve is needed by the seal diameter of the new seal.
The four bolts that were pointed out in the above post hold the brake backing plate on.

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