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you took the words right out of my mouth
the cap was a B*****D to get off but worth it for those few mils of play, I then did a trip from Devon to Surrey Perseverance! "BATSI1149" wrote in message ... not knowing your trailer, I would have thought there should be a plastic or metal dust cap in the centre of the hub, unscrew or prise this gently off and you should see one large castellated nut with split pin, remove pin undo large nut and remove hub. when you replace bearing do up nut but back off slightly to avoid overtightening and of course replace split pin hope this helps |
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Many thanks to all that gave advice.
I have now removed the dust cap, undone the one shot nut and drifted out the old bearing. This was a one piece sealed for life type (£27.50) and comes complete with dust cap, new nut and circlip. I have taken it into a local engineering works to have it professionally pressed into the hub (£2). It will be ready this afternoon. Under 30 quid doesn't seem too bad. Fortunately the otherside seems OK and the trailer has only done about 200 miles since new, but it looks like one of the seals failed on this bearing and having stood for 12 months gave it the opportunity to corrode significantly. I will be taking a spare bearing kit with me and if I do not need to use it during the trip (god willing), I will have the nearside bearing changed after I return. Once again many thanks to all who responded. Regards, Eddie. |
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 12:40:06 +0100, "Edward Bray"
wrote: Many thanks to all that gave advice. I have now removed the dust cap, undone the one shot nut and drifted out the old bearing. This was a one piece sealed for life type (£27.50) snip For info. Have recently done wheel bearings on two boat trailers found that one of the bearings is a MK1 golf, front wheel bearing, £15ish from an independent VW specialist. Significant saving on a 4 wheel trailer! Size OD 64, ID 34, Length 37 Of course, you don't get circlips, nuts dust shield etc. HTH David |
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