Replace the worn-out roller on your boat trailer with this heavy-duty rubber one. This keel roller functions as a direct replacement for rollers that fit standard 10" wide brackets with a 5/8" diameter shaft.
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Hi there boat trailer owners. Today, we're going to be taking a look at Yates Replacement Keel Roller. These are available in either a 5/8th inch or half inch inner diameter. You want to make sure you get the appropriate one that matches your keel roller rods diameter. And they're also available in two different types of material, either a heavy duty rubber, which is what you see here, and it's going to be black in color. Or in a TPR, which is a thermal plasticized rubber.
That's going to be an extremely hard durable rubber. The TPR is available in either a cream or blue color. All of these are available in various lengths, so you can get the appropriate one to match your particular trailer.Having a properly functioning keel roller is important for the bottom of your boat when you're pulling it up onto your trailer. You want it to be able to easily glide across the roller and give it a nice surface that it can sit on that's going to absorb any road vibrations and impacts that you're going to hit, like potholes and such out there. This rubber is going to absorb a lot of that, so it's not transferred into the hull of your boat.Our customer decided to go with the heavy duty rubber, but one of the nice things about the TPR over the heavy duty rubber is if there's no chance that it could leave any marks on your trailer.
with this one there is a possibility if it shifts left or right or something, and it slides across the rubber, it might leave a little bit of a black mark. You can wipe it off, but it'll be there. With the TPR you don't have to ever worry about that. You're also going to get a similar shape so you can match it up to your old one. That way it helps center your boat and properly matches the hole underneath to keep it centered on your trailer.
And the rubbers nice and grippy, so once you've got it cinched down, it's really going to hold it nice and tight.If you follow along with us, we're going to go ahead and replace this roller. I highly recommend that you replace your keel roller route at the same time, because once you remove the caps on the end, they're usually damaged and you have to replace the caps. And your rollers often gets damaged from corrosion and rolling around and everything else out there, so we can have an updated to have it nice and smooth like this here.And he can see a keel roller on a small fishing boat here, and you can see that the boat is rested on top of this. And again, that's real important for the hull of your boat. It's going to absorb a lot of that road impact.
Now this one here is pretty wore out. You can see all the stress cracks in it. So it looks like this one's ready for replacement as well, so we'll be heading here next.Start by removing our rollers nuts. We're just going to get behind it with a pair of pliers. We're just going to pop that cap off there. Our shaft will then slide out. We can remove our roller and then install our new components. And you can see here before we slide our roller on it's constructed of a heavy duty rubber and inserted into each end we have bushings, so that way it can easily glide and roll when it contacts against the metal service here. Because the rubber would want to grab, its got a more grab type property. It's not slick, kind of like the tires on your road. This is a nice slick composite type material that's easily going to let it slide.We've got our shaft here, and I find it easier to get one cap on first, so we're just going to set that on top and we're just going to hammer it into place. I'm going to use a rubber mallet just to help minimize how much dings I make on the little cap. And it's really that simple. And you can see here, there's no way I'm going to push this off. If I wanted to get this off of here, I would almost have to take another hammer and smash it off of there, because if you're just not going to be able to pull it off.Now we can just take our roller, we're going to set it into place. Slide our rod all the way through the roller until it comes out on the other side. We'll then take our cap, we're going to set it into place. Now that we got just barely started we're going to finish tapping it on. I'm going to use a hammer on the other side because it might hurt your hip or something else if you're holding it. And we can see our shaft spins, our roller spins, and it's nice and solid. It's not going anywhere. And that completes our look at Yates Replacement Keel Rollers.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (74 Customer Reviews)
Replace the worn-out roller on your boat trailer with this heavy-duty rubber one. This keel roller functions as a direct replacement for rollers that fit standard 10" wide brackets with a 5/8" diameter shaft.Great products just wish the shipping end would of kept the box in better condition. Appreciate all the customer service I’ve received and will be using the company soon for another trailer!
These rollers along with the shafts I purchased should be perfect for my project.
Worked well with my application to support the transom saver bracket. Received it fast as promised.
Very timely delivery!
Today I installed this on my boat trailer. Everything was provided as requested. The parts are extremely strong and it was easy to install. I expect it is going to make my job of loading my boat much easier and I'm very happy with their delivery time and quality product. Thanks
Dennis M - 10/26/2017
Great roller
I ordered on Tuesday evening and received what I ordered on Friday morning. Used a band saw to cut off 1/4 inch of the 13" shaft due to my original shafts on my 1994 ProCraft Trailer having 12 3/4" shafts. I'll just have to see if the new rollers last as long as the original rollers, which were also Yates rollers. Representative on the phone was very pleasant to talk to.
keel roller was made of good quality ru bber
This heavy duty keel roller was exactly what I needed to replace a deteriorated roller that was 20 years old. Thank you etrailer.
Etrailer did as advertised. I ordered new rollers for a boat trailer. Quality was good and shipped as promised. This is my second order and will order from them again.
My old keel rollers were wore out on my boat trailer. These were a perfect replacement, good quality, and easy to install. These rollers made a huge difference in ease of loading the boat back on the trailer. I should have done this when I first bought my boat and trailer (1993 models) last year.
Part is being used in brackish water and it is holding up perfectly.
Robert D - 11/28/2017Same product as available in local marine suppliers but at a better price. If your replacing everyone should remember to also replace the steel shaft and cap nuts at the same time. Make sure you measure the length of the shaft as some roller locations include outer mushroom shaped end rollers that take a longer shaft.
Super easy to replace. Quick service quality parts !!!!
Well made roller. I built a aluminum roof rack for my girls kayaks. The rack goes on a van. Put roller on the back on each side so they can just push the kayaks up on top. works great.
Good products at reasonable prices. All items arrived quickly and in good order. Tracking and customer communication were top notch. The descriptions and pictures were detailed and accurate. I was confident that I would receive the right items which I did.
This is better than the Yates roller and it is cheaper. It is heaver duty and weights more than Yates. I bought both brands and compared The Yates looked better far as no scuffs on rubber but that means nothing to adverage person.
Well made keel roller that was used for the loading end of the boat trailer alng with end rollers and brackets.
Rubber keel rollers worked great. Just wish the shipping was not so much. Still would not shop anywhere else for my boat trailer needs. Also the women that helped me order the rollers was great hope she gets a raise soon!
The product was OEM boat trailer rollers by Yates. Delivery was much faster than expected. From time of order placed to being at my door was four days. If you need it faster than that go to your local boat store and pay 40 - 50% more.
I ordered these rollers to replace some from a trailer that is over 50 years old. I was amazed at how easy it was to find what I was looking for, place my order and how fast it was shipped and arrived. The rollers appear to be good quality. They will be a custom install on this trailer.
The boat trailer Got more use this year than in the past. The keel roller is still in great condition and I feel will last through many more boating seasons.
Rebuilding a old boat trailer. Was able to replace rollers with exact parts.
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