My bearing failure story
This weekend I had a bearing failure on my trailer. I had no idea until somebody flagged me down with frantic hand gestures. I knew something was wrong but didn't know what. I looked in my mirrors but...
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midnightsadie wrote:
heres your answer , every stop you make, touch the hub, if its HOT ,you got a problem.
Every stop also means when you get to your campground too. I had a similar failure, but had stopped at a rest area 45 minutes from the CG to find smoke rolling out of the left rear wheel. The wheel was close to falling off and both the hub and spindle were damaged. Took 10 days to get the axle replaced.
Had I checked when I got to the campground the night before, I would have found a hot hub and could have saved the axle. Prior to spring, I need to put batteries in my infrared gun and use it. I also installed the TPMS system I had purchased and never used. Kept an eye on it the 2500 miles to home.
