Hub and Wheel Failure on Trip
Will try to keep this short. Friend of mine towing a 2009 Aliner has had TWO hub and wheel failures while on an extended trip. The second failure has occurred in Newfoundland. From what I can extract ...
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Finder9 wrote:
Mook, you didn't read the first post. This was the second time it's happened on the SAME trip - - after BOTH hubs were replaced and serviced. Assuming the lube was satisfactory after the first repair, what is the cause for the second event? Bearings were checked/serviced annually.
You yourself said it was hard to make out the exact conversation because of abbreviations and such...most likely texting?
Be willing to bet that your friend had never serviced those hubs, most manufacturers recommend repacking the hubs once a year, and the damage was already done before the first failure.
As per the conversation, it may be that the failed hub was replaced and the other(s) repacked but the damage was already there. That would have been a bad call by the garage unless they did inform your friend and your friend didn't want to pay for it. Or as mentioned in the previous post, brake problems which led to excessive heat and subsequently failure.
