Another great thing about disk brakes!
 

On my weekend trip where I lost the wheel bearing, I realized another great
thing about disk brakes besides the stopping power. The hub and rotor are
one unit on the Kodiak brakes. Was so hot that the threaded portion of the
spindle deformed. The nut was about 75% worn away and was only held on by
the remains of the cotter pin. Main reason that the wheel did not come off
is rotor and hub are one unit, so the caliper actually was saving me from
the hub and wheel departing the trailer.

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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On my weekend trip where I lost the wheel bearing, I realized another
great
thing about disk brakes besides the stopping power. The hub and rotor are
one unit on the Kodiak brakes. Was so hot that the threaded portion of the
spindle deformed. The nut was about 75% worn away and was only held on by
the remains of the cotter pin. Main reason that the wheel did not come
off
is rotor and hub are one unit, so the caliper actually was saving me from
the hub and wheel departing the trailer.


Also a great thing about dual-axel tralers. When we were choosing our
trailer
many advised to go with single axel for manuverability and other reasons. I
like that if any one tire and/or wheel go...we've still got control of the
rig and
could even limp along for some distance if we had to.

Hey - any more to that story? What happened? Did you just feel the problem
while driving or happen to stop?

I had another post about salmon fishing that explained the problem. Short
story was I pulled into West Marine in Santa Cruz for an exhaust hose clamp
and a nice man and his family pulled in and told me my wheel was at an odd
angle.
Bill

"Gary" wrote in message
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Hey - any more to that story? What happened? Did you just feel the
problem
while driving or happen to stop?