Rally
NC Minnesota
Not me, but the international fur graders are.
You don't give a guy aspirin when he wants Viagra do ya? LOL
Dang wheel bearings
- Thread starter Tomme boy
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You don't give a guy aspirin when he wants Viagra do ya? LOL
Rick H
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Just loosen the tiedowns a bit and make a few passes up and down those back roads.....that will fix the frozen to trailer problem. Might loosen the fillings in your teeth too.
Ian
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Rally, we started with a new Southwest Wheel axle due to roasted spindles. Got their greasable type spindls option which are drilled in a few inches and cross-drilled in between the bearings and have zerk on end of spindle under hub cap. Removed zerks and used an aircraft drill to push the longitudinal hole all the way through the spindle stub (tall order in CM steel without a lathe). Hub can then vent back through the spindle and axle tube as long as the vent doesn't get plugged with grease.
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Tomme boy
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The hubs that came on the axle are drilled for a zerk. It is on the back side and in the middle of the hub. So it greases from the middle. Normally I take the cap off and pump till I see grease getting pushed out. I wipe off the excess grease and put the cap back on and give it a few pumps.
When I was duck hunting we lined our bunks with the white plastic sheets cut to go over the bunks. Never had them freeze after that.
When I was duck hunting we lined our bunks with the white plastic sheets cut to go over the bunks. Never had them freeze after that.
Rally
NC Minnesota
Thanks Ian, figured it had to be something like that.
Tommeboy,
I just took the carpet off the bunkers, which are treated 4x4's and routed the sharp corners off them. Carpet just holds too much water for a long ride in freezing temps. Sucks getting home with a boat load of beaver or muskrats all frozen together.
Tommeboy,
I just took the carpet off the bunkers, which are treated 4x4's and routed the sharp corners off them. Carpet just holds too much water for a long ride in freezing temps. Sucks getting home with a boat load of beaver or muskrats all frozen together.