3,500 pound Dexter axle bearing pre-load?
I'm putting a new drum-brake system on a single-axle cargo trailer. It has a torsion suspension. I have the components ready to go and one of the old, non-brake assemblies removed. It occurred to me, ...
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smkettner wrote:
For the real pros you also bend and cut the cotter pin in a specific way every time as a signature. This is to verify if you were the last person to assemble the bearings if an issue arises.
Ratz! Busted!
Long leg had double bend. I liked the one where I Scotch Taped across the battery fillers on my toad, then had the oil changed and specifically asked the service dept to check THEIR Wal-Mart battery.
"All finished sir!"
Raised hood.
Looked.
Raised doubts.
Sure the tape was unmolested. So was the dusty lid on the brake master cylinder and so was a paper match stick jammed into the automatic transmission filler tube with the dipstick.
But they did check my air filter and recommended I change it. Oh yeah forgot about the wiper blades in July in California. They did check tire pressure and noted the left rear was 5 pounds low which agreed with my pre-service check.
Back in the old days, I used to wash bearings in clean solvent then air dry with high pressure air (no spinning allowed).
Then rinsed with tricloroethylene brake cleaner. Bearing packer packed. I guess they don't have the time to do it right these days.
