Help with my wheel hub please

MitchF150 wrote:
So does the state of PA take responsibility if there is a bearing failure on a bearing they took apart, inspected, put back together and signed off on??

That just seems a bit too invasive for me... I mean, I'm very capable of doing a simple bearing repack, but in the state of PA, I have to let some yahoo do this for me to allow me to pull my trailer in the state of PA??

Guess what state I'll never live in... ;) Might as well just tell me I can't wipe my own A.... ;)

Please educate me on this, since this is the first I've heard of this...

Mitch

The inspection station pulls one hub from each axle to check the brakes. The trailer will be jacked from near the center of the axle. Often they smear some grease in the bearing cavity, with their filthy hands, using grease from the open container sitting by the bench grinder. The hub is re-installed, the seal is smacked against the axle end and then the nut is adjusted too tight or too loose with a missing or incorrect cotter pin. The cap is hammered on and beat to heck. Yes, I've had all of this happen and much more.

I need to inspect my vehicles before an inspection because they will charge plenty for a repair. After the inspection, I need to completely redo anything they touched. I could write a book on all of the damage that I have had from these idiots.

A motorized vehicle is required to have an emissions inspection in addition to the safety inspection. All they do is plug into the computer and use what they find there. Now think about it, if the emissions were out of tolerance the check engine light would be on. So we pay about $30 to be told whether or not the light is on.