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The wheel bearing of a boat trailer is a vital component under constant load transferring essential energy and being put through rigorous temperatures and conditions. Bearing Buddies are removed by.
It popped off the hub with the grease seal and is still on the spindle.
How to remove trailer bearings. Remove your new bearings from their packaging. Fill the palm of your non-dominant hand with grease. Pack grease under the balls of the bearings by smashing and scraping the large side of.
A short how to video giving you step-by-step directions of how to quickly and easily remove trailer hub bearings. Insert Inner Bearing and Seal. Turn the hub over so that the front side with the wheel studs faces down on the table.
Place the inner bearing in the hub and install the seal on top. Tap the seal in a circular motion until it sits flush. Next apply a thin layer of grease to the spindle.
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To avoid this cancel and sign in. Remove grease cap 1. Remove cotter pin 2 and discard.
Remove spindle nut 3 and washer 4. Remove hubdrum 5 with bearings and grease seal installed. Remove grease seal 10 from hubdrum 5.
Remove inner bearing 9 and inner race 8 from hubdrum 5. Discard bearing 9 and race 8. Jack it up remove the wheel pry off the center cap remove the cotter pin and nut then pull the bearings out with the hub.
Note that some trailer bearings are sealed and replaced as an entire unit. Demonstration on Removing Inspecting and Reinstalling Trailer Bearings Races and Seals. This seal has to come out.
Every time you pack the bearings you have to destroy a seal and put a new one in its just the way works. There are actually two different ways of doing it I know that there is a special tool for it I dont have it most. There should only be a little play.
Then spin the wheel and listen to it. If its making any noise its likely there is damage to the bearings andor races. Lower the trailer until the tire makes contact with the ground then loosen the lug nuts jack the trailer up again and remove the wheel and tire.
Any grease on the inside of the wheels inner rim is an indication of a failed seal. Bearing Buddies are removed by. Removing Trailer Bearing that is Stuck on Spindle After Removing Hub.
I have an old 6foot sears tent trailer with 8inch wheels 4 lug. Question when I pull the hub off I cannot remove the inner bearing off the spindle. It popped off the hub with the grease seal and is still on the spindle.
This is the first time I have ever tried. A new wheel bearing will provide great protection however even the best trailers on the market will eventually need to have wheel bearings replaced. The wheel bearing of a boat trailer is a vital component under constant load transferring essential energy and being put through rigorous temperatures and conditions.
Gently pull it and place it on a towel with the inner side up to do cleaning and remove bearings. There are 2 bearings in the travel trailer wheel one on the inner side and the other on the outer side to facilitate its movement. Here are some tips for the care and feeding of boat trailer wheel bearings.
Pry off dust caps using a screwdriver by tapping the blade under the lip and rotating the hub as you pry off the cap. Wash the parts in a solvent after manually removing as much grease as possible. Instead using a flathead screwdriver carefully pry the inner seal from the inside of the wheel hub.
Once the seal is removed use a punch to remove the inner bearing from the hub. As with the other parts youve removed place them on the same rag when this step has been completed. Clean the wheel bearings and spindle.
The best way to clean wheel bearings and the spindle of the. The bearing races on a trailer hub like the Trailer Hub Assembly part 8-258-5UC1 are removable they are not built into the hub. I am including a link to a FAQ page on wheel bearings races and seals.
Also a link to a video of removing and reinstalling bearings races and seals. It will show starting at the 2 minute and 5 second mark.