Late last year Lamont had a bearing seize up on one his trailer hubs. http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...-a-bad-bearing&highlight=flat+trailer+bearing
Well..... it happened to me yesterday afternoon.:banghead: Cruising down the 401 (busiest highway in Canada) just outside of London Ontario, when I glanced in my rear view mirror to check traffic and all of a sudden there is a puff of smoke coming from the left tire on my 622 trailer. Pulled over immediately thinking, like Lamont, that I had just blown a tire.
I carry a compressor, and tire plugs with me and decided to try and see if I can do a temporary roadside repair. In the meantime, the transports are whizzing by at great speed only a few yards away. So, I disconnected the trailer from the RT in order to drag it into the ditch to attempt the repair when I realized that the wheel hub was seized.:shocked:
Called the brother in law on the phone and asked if he could grab a trailer and come and pick up the 622 (1.5 hrs away). Don't go away, it gets even more interesting. Just finished my telephone conversation with the brother in law and a pick up truck hauling an empty boat trailer pulls up behind us. I am thinking right there and then that it is awful nice for someone to pull over to see if they can help. Surprise
it isn't just someone, it is the owner of the dealership (Lockhart's Odessey) where I bought my rig. What are the odds!!!! Brad and I lift the trailer into the back of his pick up and I follow him back to the dealership (40 minutes away).
The service manager, Tony, dropped everything and we pulled the wheel off the trailer and removed the hub. There was plenty of grease in the hub cap and outside bearing, but the inner bearing was pretty much dry, and it was toast. Took us more than half an hour to remove (cut off) the fused bearing housing from the shaft. Brad told Tony to pull the hub off of a new trailer, so Tony's young assistant did that while Tony and I wrestled with getting all of the pieces off of the axle and cleaning it up. When the new trailer hub was removed we gave it a quick inspection and noticed that the amount of grease extending to the inner bearing was minimal. There was tons of grease in the cap and outer bearing area, but the inner bearing was not packed nearly as well. More grease was added and we replaced the entire wheel hub, rim and tire. The total job probably took 1.5 hours and a lot of effort.
I have a spare trailer wheel assembly at home and I asked Brad if I could bring it to them when I was next in the area, and...... what do I owe you? They said bring the wheel assembly around when you get the chance, and by the way, have a safe trip home and no charge.
Obviously, I was blown away and very thankful to Lockhart's Odessey and their staff for turning a potential disaster into a mere inconvenience.:firstplace: Definitely a thank you letter to the dealership is in order.
Well..... it happened to me yesterday afternoon.:banghead: Cruising down the 401 (busiest highway in Canada) just outside of London Ontario, when I glanced in my rear view mirror to check traffic and all of a sudden there is a puff of smoke coming from the left tire on my 622 trailer. Pulled over immediately thinking, like Lamont, that I had just blown a tire.
I carry a compressor, and tire plugs with me and decided to try and see if I can do a temporary roadside repair. In the meantime, the transports are whizzing by at great speed only a few yards away. So, I disconnected the trailer from the RT in order to drag it into the ditch to attempt the repair when I realized that the wheel hub was seized.:shocked:
Called the brother in law on the phone and asked if he could grab a trailer and come and pick up the 622 (1.5 hrs away). Don't go away, it gets even more interesting. Just finished my telephone conversation with the brother in law and a pick up truck hauling an empty boat trailer pulls up behind us. I am thinking right there and then that it is awful nice for someone to pull over to see if they can help. Surprise
it isn't just someone, it is the owner of the dealership (Lockhart's Odessey) where I bought my rig. What are the odds!!!! Brad and I lift the trailer into the back of his pick up and I follow him back to the dealership (40 minutes away).The service manager, Tony, dropped everything and we pulled the wheel off the trailer and removed the hub. There was plenty of grease in the hub cap and outside bearing, but the inner bearing was pretty much dry, and it was toast. Took us more than half an hour to remove (cut off) the fused bearing housing from the shaft. Brad told Tony to pull the hub off of a new trailer, so Tony's young assistant did that while Tony and I wrestled with getting all of the pieces off of the axle and cleaning it up. When the new trailer hub was removed we gave it a quick inspection and noticed that the amount of grease extending to the inner bearing was minimal. There was tons of grease in the cap and outer bearing area, but the inner bearing was not packed nearly as well. More grease was added and we replaced the entire wheel hub, rim and tire. The total job probably took 1.5 hours and a lot of effort.
I have a spare trailer wheel assembly at home and I asked Brad if I could bring it to them when I was next in the area, and...... what do I owe you? They said bring the wheel assembly around when you get the chance, and by the way, have a safe trip home and no charge.
Obviously, I was blown away and very thankful to Lockhart's Odessey and their staff for turning a potential disaster into a mere inconvenience.:firstplace: Definitely a thank you letter to the dealership is in order.
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