What's the fascination with trailer bearings?
So I've seen many, many posts over the years about checking hubs with IR guns for excessive heat. I've even seen posts where people check their hubs every stop. :E My question is why? I have never ...
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gmw photos wrote:
The problem is sometimes "finding that person that knows what they are doing".
Sadly, sometimes shop personnel that get assigned to "lower level" jobs like oil changes, bearing servicing, tire mounting, etc, "may" not be the best trained and supervised guys in the shop.
And therin lies the potential to do more harm than good. Got perfectly acceptable performing bearings ???? .....then they get "worked on" by someone not properly trained, and you end up suffering a failure.
All of which is why over the years, I have done a lot of this stuff myself.
So true. I just had 5 new tires installed and bearings repacked on my 2009 trailer. Old tires were 7 years old, bearings only ever maintained via bearing buddies in that time, no issues ever. I'm more worried about them for our next trip than I've ever been :(
