SeaHunt
17-01-2007, 05:12 PM
Is there any way you can tell whether you have Ford or Holden bearings by measuring your your stub axle size/s or whatever?
I am heading up to Hervey Bay from Brissy for the Australia day weekend and though I would check my trailer bearings before heading off.
I have done a search and read all I can find about trailer bearings on this site.
Some scarey stories in there, and it would seem as though I have been living on borrowed time.
The trailer is a SeaLink over 4 years old now, gets almost completely dunked every time the boat goes in (and comes out) and has never had the bearings changed. Anyway I pulled my wheels off and checked the bearings and they still seem fine, no discolouration in the grease very smooth operation, no pitting or marks I can see. I think I will just repack them and just get a spare set of bearings and take the tools to change then roadside in an emergency.
I had a look at the spare ones at BCF from what I can tell the larger bearing on the Ford and Holden kits are the same with the smaller bearings having a different number. The problem being the number is stamped in the outer race which is pressed into the hub and you cant see it without taking it out.
Thanks in advance.
I am heading up to Hervey Bay from Brissy for the Australia day weekend and though I would check my trailer bearings before heading off.
I have done a search and read all I can find about trailer bearings on this site.
Some scarey stories in there, and it would seem as though I have been living on borrowed time.
The trailer is a SeaLink over 4 years old now, gets almost completely dunked every time the boat goes in (and comes out) and has never had the bearings changed. Anyway I pulled my wheels off and checked the bearings and they still seem fine, no discolouration in the grease very smooth operation, no pitting or marks I can see. I think I will just repack them and just get a spare set of bearings and take the tools to change then roadside in an emergency.
I had a look at the spare ones at BCF from what I can tell the larger bearing on the Ford and Holden kits are the same with the smaller bearings having a different number. The problem being the number is stamped in the outer race which is pressed into the hub and you cant see it without taking it out.
Thanks in advance.