Well I spent the last 4 days on a boat trip out of town. It is about 4 hours away. Trailer did fine on the way down. On the the way back, it was doing fine on the back roads. Once we got on the highway, I started feeling a horrible vibration. Looking in the mirror, the right side of the trailer was bouncing hard. I could see the fender above the right tire bouncing pretty much constantly. I pulled over and everything looked fine.
Tire pressure was good and nothing looked broken on the leaf spring. Both wheels have bearing buddies and had been greased prior to leaving on the trip. I didnt have any choice but to continue the drive home. It was very rough and I could see both wheels bouncing very hard. I think the left side may have just been bouncing from the vibration on the right side. It actually bounced and vibrated so hard that it ripped the wires out of both brand new LED lights on the right fender. It also broke the plastic where the latch on the driver side of the boat connects to the windscreen.
Once home, there was a ton of dust on the right rear of the trailer. It looked like a rusty version of the brake dust you get on wheels. I know nothing about trailers but can figure most things out. I am guessing a bearing or something in the rotating assembly is shot. Does this sound consistent?
I am thinking about just ordering new wheels and tires anyway. So that will rule them out. Anyone know where I can find directions on how to replace bearings or whatever else may be in there? I guess I will try google and look for you tube videos.
I have gone and looked on ebay and google. It looks like I can just swap out both entire hub assemblies. Is it just a big nut and cotter pin that holds the whole thing on like on cars? If so, how do i figure out what size I need?
Tire pressure was good and nothing looked broken on the leaf spring. Both wheels have bearing buddies and had been greased prior to leaving on the trip. I didnt have any choice but to continue the drive home. It was very rough and I could see both wheels bouncing very hard. I think the left side may have just been bouncing from the vibration on the right side. It actually bounced and vibrated so hard that it ripped the wires out of both brand new LED lights on the right fender. It also broke the plastic where the latch on the driver side of the boat connects to the windscreen.
Once home, there was a ton of dust on the right rear of the trailer. It looked like a rusty version of the brake dust you get on wheels. I know nothing about trailers but can figure most things out. I am guessing a bearing or something in the rotating assembly is shot. Does this sound consistent?
I am thinking about just ordering new wheels and tires anyway. So that will rule them out. Anyone know where I can find directions on how to replace bearings or whatever else may be in there? I guess I will try google and look for you tube videos.
I have gone and looked on ebay and google. It looks like I can just swap out both entire hub assemblies. Is it just a big nut and cotter pin that holds the whole thing on like on cars? If so, how do i figure out what size I need?
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