"James" wrote in message
ink.net...
Not to start a flame war but how are you packing the bearings before you
install them?

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
k.net...
Went up to a favorite lake next to Yosemite for a couple of days. Coming
back, stopping in Sonora (End of the Emigrant Gap trail) Checking the
trailer before heading into dinner, notice that one hub seems very hot
and then the other side of the trailer on the braking axel there is no
Bearing Buddy or bearing remaining. Too late to fix that evening as the
local Auto Zone can not tell me what bearings a boat trailer takes. And
the kits they have are all for small 1" axel trailers. So into dinner at
Perko's cafe in Sonora, CA Nice senior steak dinner for $10. The young
waitress after taking our orders and delivering them is talking to the
couple at the table next to us. She tells about her husband a 50% time
UPS driver and she is a waitress in a low end cafe. They have bought a
$1000 dog, that pees in the rented house and drools and is going to weigh
135#. Also, the lady has a set of the biggest lungs in mankind, as she
could talk for at least 20 minutes without pausing for breath. And she
says until they have kids, she is going to keep buying dogs as she loves
them. Hope she does not propagate. Luckily, I am in the parking lot of
a major hardware store, so can buy a 10 mm Allen to remove the brake
caliper, and a chisel to remove the remains of the inner race. Call
EZLoader trailer and they give me the numbers for the bearings and seal.
Local NAPA auto parts store has them, and I install. Earlier, I had
walked over to an Auto Zone in the Wal-mart shopping center and they were
clueless. In Wally World, to buy a grease gun and grease, I borrow a
phone book from the service desk. While using the book to track down the
bearings, I overhear the clerk. Mankind is doomed! She says she has
altered her behavior (do not know what is was) since her children were
taken away a couple of months ago. She and her husband argue all the
time, but this is the dooming part. Marriage is a commitment, so they
will stay together even with the arguments. Ought to be a license
required to have children! This is the 2nd failure of bearings on the
trailer, and have decided it is the grease. Only had the failures since
I converted to disk brakes, and the first failure cost an axel. The lake
is at 4500' elevation with lots of up and downs to get there. Will go to
high temperature, sythetic grease after this. As to the lake and
boating, was great. for awhile yesterday, we were the only boat on the
lake. about 5 miles by 1 mile lake. In the morning, was greasy smooth.
Caught and released a few trout off the shore with the fly rod, and a few
while trolling Needlefish. Did not catch any while fly fishing from the
boat.





I have a bearing backing tool, that I have used for almost 45 years. And
then I also make sure that I rub some grease in. The problems have only
started since I converted to disk brakes. Except for the bearings, I love
the disks. Lubrimatic makes a marine disk brake grease now. 550 degree
drop point. Going to look for some today on the way to the high school
reunion.