Repack Trailer Hub Bearings Demonstration - Video
Removing the Trailer Hub: What we are going to do is take off this hub and repack the bearings in this axle. First off, we will take off the hub, then take off the nut on the inside, and we will pop the whole hub off and take it to the workbench and clean it up from there. You can see there is a lot of rust in there, there is a lot of condensation. Basically water got in there through either condensation or a seal leak. We definitely need to take it apart and clean it up. This has whats called a tang washer. Instead of a regular cotter pin that goes up and down, it has a little piece of metal that goes between the notches here and you have to push this back, flat, so you can take off the nut. And the whole thing just slides off. Sometimes if it gets caught on the hub here you can beat it to get it to come loose. You can see where you got a little bit of rust and possibly two different types of grease in there. The two greases do not mix, so it does not work as good, you get condensation and rust starting on the outside here. Also of note this is what is called an EZ lube spindle, there is a little zerk fitting here. You take the grease gun and squirt it in here and it comes out the back, in this groove right here actually, so in between packings, you can grease it, and the grease actually goes through this bearing here, through here, and out this bearing here. So theoretically, you can repack your bearings by just squeezing it in here. But since it is rusted out you have to do it the hard way. more
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Posted: 7/24/2008 12:51:51 AM
Remove and Reinstall a Trailer Hub Review - Video
First off, we will take off the hub, then take off the nut on the inside, and we will pop the whole hub off and take it to the workbench and clean it up from there. You can see there is a lot of rust in there, there is a lot of condensation. Basically water got in there through either condensation or a seal leak. We definitely need to take it apart and clean it up. This has whats called a tang washer. Instead of a regular cotter pin that goes up and down, it has a little piece of metal that goes between the notches here and you have to push this back, flat, so you can take off the nut. And the whole thing just slides off. Sometimes if it gets caught on the hub here you can beat it to get it to come loose. We will go ahead and clean this spindle off here, and then we will put our hub back on. Give it a test fit first to make sure it all slides on pretty good and then go ahead and take it back off. What is good is to take a thin layer, it doesnt have to be much just a little bit, to kind of help the parts slide on a little bit more than they used to. more
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Posted: 8/7/2008 12:20:07 PM
Trailer Hub Inspection Demonstration - Video
We get many many questions on how to make sure trailer hubs and brakes are safe for travel. Here Joe addresses some of those questions demonstrating how to thoroughly inspect the hubs, breaks and bearings. I know many of us take the performance of these assemblies for granted but if you are planning a long trip or just make short trips around town you should be aware of their condition. I like to say it is time well spent when it avoids break downs on the side of the highway. more
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Posted: 7/23/2008 3:54:13 AM
How To Measure a Bolt Pattern on a Hub - Video
Today we are going to cover one of the more popular questions of measuring out a hub to find out the bolt pattern. Real quick, the meaning of the bolt pattern is basic. We drew a circle over the top of the wheel studs or the holes in the wheel and you measure from the center of this stud to about right here, will give you your measurement for instance 4-1/ 2 and when we say five on 4-1/ 2 that means there are five studs on a 4-1/ 2 inch circle. Thus gives us our five on 4-1/ 2 bolt pattern. On our website at Etrailer.com we did this. Measure from the center of this stud to the center of this stud we have a conversion chart made up for you. For instance if you measured 2-3/ 4 inches, look it up on the chart and you will see that it actually should translate to a five and 4-1/ 2 bolt pattern. 00:42 more
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Posted: 3/25/2010 3:29:55 PM
Cleaning and Replacing Hubs and Bearings - Video
First off we will go ahead and take off the dust cap. In this case it is a bearing buddy. Next is taking out the locking pin, the cotter pin that goes through the center here. Once you have that lock washer off, just go ahead and take off the nut and pull your whole hub off. Now we are going to go ahead and inspect the hub and bearings here. more
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Posted: 9/24/2009 3:18:17 PM
