You my friend have the best Boat Trailer Wheel Bearing Replacement video over all. It step by step, complete with how to and why plus tricks to make removal/reinstall easier.
nice video straight to the point and helpful tips. my spindle has a tiny bit of surface rust so il use the emery cloth and then buff it. you sir have earned another subscriber
Wanting to do the wheel bearings on my boat trailer for the first time. Watched several how to videos including from auto parts stores and your video was the best and most informative, particularly with the handy hint on using the old bearings race! Thanks from the Real South……Australia!
Anybody posting videos on RU-vid should watch this video. Take notes people he doesn’t bore you to death with telling you what he is going to do or how he is going to do it. Excellent video. I’ve done bearings once before years ago. I will do them again with much more confidence in what I’m doing. Thank you.
I like to clean the spindle and hub out with brake cleaner. He used gas on a rag at least, but you don't get the blasting action like you do using a spray cleaner, especially after you've sanded and used scotchbrite. You want all those little sand and scotchbrite particles out of there that you won't get with just using a rag.
Thanks! I must watched 10 videos on bearing service and they never show how much grease, if any to pack into the actual hub itself. You showed us. Amen
The hubs have a machined lip for the race position. You will be able to tell when the race is against it by how the hammer responds, it will feel different once against the lip and also by the sound.
Never have problems with grease leaking past the rear seal on the axle? Im having that problem. When adding grease or using the trailer some grease leaks past the rubber seal on the axle. Tried adjusting the castle nut tighter for a better seal but didn’t help. Its a pretty straightforward procedure so im wondering how its so finicky. Don’t want to keep changing seals when the issue might just be the nut adjustment
Do you use the Bear Buddy Bra’s on your bearings to protect grease from flying everywhere? Plus the Bra’s keeps the Salt Water from rusting your Grease Fitting. Awesome video and thanks for sharing!!!
What a great video. Thank you. I followed your steps and it went together without a hitch. What size tire are those on the trailer. I'm looking to increase the size of my 15" tire. I have a very similar trailer that I use for canoes. Thanks again.
The Bearing Buddys were invented so you shouldn't have to do this. If installed and greased periodically, the bearings should last for many, many years without any problems.
if you kept your bearing buddies full of grease that would never have happened, bearing buddy had no grease what so ever. i grease mine before and after launching every time
You will be glad you did. I saw several boats trying to get out from the hurricane this week on the side of the road with bearing and axle problems. Man you talk about stress!
