Re: Trailer Wheel Bearings -
Thos. Westerman (thomasw@vanion.com)
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 04:08:38 -0600
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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At 07:39 PM 7/20/99 -0400, SolarFry@aol.com wrote:
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Having trashed a few bearing buddy equipped trailers due to bearing
failure I
>would suggest (seriously now...) that you pull the suckers out at least once
>a year and repack them with fresh grease bearing buddies or not. Definitely
>repack before any trip over 100 miles.
Here's a question, how does one know what bearing parts to buy to replace
the trailer bearings, (without taking them apart and lugging them to the
auto parts store, etc.? or to have an extra on hand as a repair spare....?
I have a stock 1989 Potter trailer.