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Preserving Your Investment: A Trailer Maintenance Checklist

Don't neglect your trailer. Follow our recommended maintenance schedule, below, to help ensure that your trailer is safe and ready to go when you are.

Click here to download a PDF version of our schedule.

Recommended Trailer Maintenance Schedule

Tires: Check pressure and tread wear

Lights: Check for proper light functions

Trailer light install and test

Breakaway Switch: Pull pin and test for proper function

Breakaway install kit and test

Breakaway Battery: Check battery charge level

Breakaway install kit and test

Trailer Brakes: Test braking function and performance

Lug Nuts (wheel bolts): Tighten to specified torque value

Every 3 Mo. or 3,000 miles

How to torque trailer lug nuts

Brake Adjustment: Test for proper drag (light drag) and adjust as needed

Every 6 Mo. or 6,000 Miles

Wheels: Check for cracks or dents

How to inspect a trailer wheel

Hubs and Drum Assemblies: Check for scoring or wear

Hub and drum inspection

Wheel Bearings: Repack bearings and check for damage or wear

How to Repack Bearings

Seals: Check for damage or leaks

Brake Assemblies: Check internal parts for wear, leaks, or damage

Brake Magnets: Check for wear and replace if surface is grooved or copper windings are exposed

Replacing a Brake Magnet

Hydraulic Brakes: Bleed brakes with brake bleeders and change brake fluid

Brake Bleeding

Leaf Springs: Check for broken or flattened springs

Slipper spring and double-eye spring replacement

Suspension: Check for worn or loose fasteners and shackle link wear

Slipper spring and double-eye spring replacement

Updated: 6/24/21

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