I would replace the axle.. penny wise, pound foolish not to. To much riding on it's save operation.. if and when it shucks another wheel.. could be in traffic... major damage or death to someone else.. or yourself... if the trailer is loaded and starts fishtailing because it's suddenly out of balance..
I would also replace the hub.. just because it's been subject to equal damage as the axle stub... This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I will go hunt one down tomorrow. I think the local farm store sells them. > Should not take more than 20-30 minutes to swap out. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 13, 2016, at 9:47 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:11:32 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> So I started in on the trailer axle that had the missing wheel. When I > >> got to looking at it closer there were some deep gouges on the > >> underside of the spindle. It also to me looks slightly bent upwards at > >> the end. Well I got the angle grinder after it then sanding it to > >> smooth it out as much as possible. I test fit the hub and bearings and > >> everything seems to fit together fine, smooth and no play. I'm inclined > >> to run with it. See the before and after photos. What do you all think? > > > > I agree with Peter. The end is not straight with the rest of the spindle > > so the outer washer will be pressing on the bearing unevenly, most likely > > leading to its early demise. > > > > Get a new axle or put a new spindle on it. > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
