Sorry to hear of this. Hopefully you can gittr’r back together without great expense.
We burned a bearing on Dec. 23rd, in route to families home for Christmas. It was nearing dark, in single digits and getting colder. We removed the tire/rim, chained the axle up to the frame, and limped the remaining 70 plus miles , on 3 wheels to the campground we had pre- arranged to stay at. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas with family. The day after Christmas, I found a complete hub/brake assembly in Salt Lake, came back to the campground to complete repairs. With temperatures in single digits to low teens, I “dressed” the slightly damaged spindle with a file, put everything back together, broke camp and headed home.
Someone mentioned monitoring your bearing temps by touching the cap....effective, but not real accurate. We carry a temp gun (less than $50), and take tire and hub temperatures on every stop. Occasionally we even take a reading on the rear differential housing if we’ve doing some long, steep pulls. Our 5er weighs-out at 20K pounds when we’re loaded-up.....which works the “Ole” Ram pretty hard in the hills.
One thing about this RV’ing thing, expect and be prepared for the....unexpected! memtb
Todd & Marianne
Miniature Schnauzer's - Sundai, Nellie & Maggie Mae
2007 Dodge Ram 3500, 6.7 Cummins, 6 speed manual, 3.73 ratio, 4x4
2004 Teton Grand Freedom, 39'
2007 Bigfoot 30MH26Sl
