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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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kenboat
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Apr 28, 2013
I havent ever seen a bolt on spindle, like other poster said, the four bolts you see in the pic is for the brake backing plate.

If that spindle wont clean up, you can have a new spindle welded on. They can come to you and do it. But it might be cheaper to just buy a new axle.

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