Bearings and bad decisions......
A cautionary tale of wheel bearing tragedy.... Learn from my bad decision.... I was doing my pre-trip walk around this morning as we prepared to get back on the road. I noticed a missing wheel bea...
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tomman58 wrote:
Our main mileage is during the late fall to early spring .... Jayco recommends a bearing inspection 12,000 miles or once a year. I don't care to do that kind of work anymore so for the last 12 years I* drop off my TT at the dealer and they go over the whole unit. Sure it costs a few bucks but guess what they have prevented bad things more than once and a few bucks is spent in the positive direction for a problem free trip.
As I drive across the USA there are many spots far away from a dealer and not where I want to be along side of the road thinking if I woulda or coulda.
We also travel that time of year. I would enjoy more about "guess what they have prevented bad things more than once"
And I agree the side of the road is not a place to be, I never have depended on others to keep me away from there. And over the years, I know people have been afraid of me when I stopped to help. Nowadays I'm kind of worried about what that fear can do.
time2roll wrote:
Maybe get an "ez lube" center cap for access and good looks.
Might be ok, but I once stopped for a boat trailer. Guy in a 2nd vehicle had seen the wheel wobble. I popped the cap off, saw pin missing, and nut backed off. Jacked up, tightened nut, pinned, and followed them to a parking lot. With that cap, the wheel would need to come off.
