Repacking the wheel bearings
We have a lightweight single axle travel trailer we don't use all that much each year. Last year we put around 25 hours of highway travel on it. It as the same the previous year. Is it necessary to ge...
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RCMAN46 wrote:I stop every 4-5 miles on the way to work every day to do the same for my car. Having a heck of a time keeping a job, as punching in on time has been a problem. The good news is that I have not had a bearing failure.jimlj wrote:
Me? I stop every two miles and check the hub to see if it is over ambient temperature. If it is I stop for two hours and allow it to cool down..
Every time I stop for fuel or a pit stop I go around the rig and I look at all of the tires and touch each bearing hub on the trailer.
If I find one that is significantly hotter than the others I do not wait for it to cool off to continue but find a safe place to remove the hub a determine what is wrong.
