I have a dilemma with my boat trailer. It pulls a 16.5 foot deep vee aluminum boat.
The outside bearing went bad while driving it home about 5 miles. When attempting to remove the inside bearing which is in tact there is a bur and slight gouge out of the spindle that will not allow it to slide off. I can take some 500 grit paper and remove the bur but is the gouge in the spindle going to give me trouble with a new bearing?
Would I be better off to replace the axle? I contacted two axle places in the Twin Cities. Ridged Hitch and Northern Tool and Equipment. Neither one had an axle with a hub face of 55-1/4". I then contacted the Shorelander distributer north of the cities and they couldn't find a replacement either.
This worries me. I'd hate to have to find a whole new trailer. I don't have that kind of money.
The outside bearing went bad while driving it home about 5 miles. When attempting to remove the inside bearing which is in tact there is a bur and slight gouge out of the spindle that will not allow it to slide off. I can take some 500 grit paper and remove the bur but is the gouge in the spindle going to give me trouble with a new bearing?
Would I be better off to replace the axle? I contacted two axle places in the Twin Cities. Ridged Hitch and Northern Tool and Equipment. Neither one had an axle with a hub face of 55-1/4". I then contacted the Shorelander distributer north of the cities and they couldn't find a replacement either.
This worries me. I'd hate to have to find a whole new trailer. I don't have that kind of money.