Tire Wear
I noticed tire wear on the outside edge of the leading tire on the curb side, which is the heavier side of the rig by 266 lbs. All other tires appear to have normal wear. Prior owner stated rig has a...
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Here’s my thoughts after using and or repairing a lot of light duty trailers over the years.
Yes, looks like the bearing spun, no, doesn’t look like a big deal unless it’s worn the spindle down too much. Slap a new bearing on it when you put it back together and check it again in a few thousand miles. Provided the bearing isn’t obviously loose on the spindle.
This, I’m relatively confident has nothing to do with the tire wear.
And being it’s only one tire and you see a 1/4” misalignment it’s a bent spindle or axle. 99% certain.
Next question is how many miles do you plan on putting on it? If you believe the PO and that’s 5k miles of wear, and you’ll only be putting 1-2k miles a year on it, I personally wouldn’t do anything except replace all tires at whatever interval you like and worst case flip that bad tire once or rotate it to another position every year or so.
Now if you’re traveling x country every year and packing on thousands of miles per year, I’d personally fix the issue because you’ll be dealing with it more often otherwise.
Not uncommon for front axles to get bent more often as they hit the bumps and holes first. Just like the most common blown tire is aft passenger side.
