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DSchmidt_2000
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Sep 14, 2014

Will bearing issue heat entire drum or just the hub area?

Have one drum/hub that is uncomfortably hot vs the others being just warm on a tandem axle 4 horse trailer. Not just the hub portion, but also the outer part of the drum on the part the shoes press ag...
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americanrascal
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Sep 15, 2014
I had a similar eperience on one of our trailers, At first I was worried it was a bearing, but as soon as we pulled the wheel and drum it was obvious a brake liner had shattered.

Not a hard fix, but went ahead and replaced all shoes and drums

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