Re: [MBZ] Trailer wheel bearings

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

your a looser

--FT


On 6/15/17 6:42 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

Ok I figured it out. You install the clip before the nut, then bend the tab 
over. Makes sense. I still don't trust this design as much as the old fashioned 
cotter pin.

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On Jun 15, 2017, at 5:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

I had to replace an axle on the trailer a while back and the new one has those 
bearings that just has a metal clip that slips in the end of the spindle 
instead of a cotter pin thru the spindle. I must be not placing it correctly or 
something as I keep having problems with the bearings loosening up on that 
axle. I am in the process of checking and sure enough it's way way loose. I 
don't want it coming loose on a 1200 mile round trip and need to figure this 
out now.

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Re: [MBZ] Trailer wheel bearings

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

1.   Set em, tack weld the nut to the spindle.   Be an okie redneck
2.  Or file a flat, drill e hole for the cotter key, buy 2 castle nuts. 
Put em on and key em.



Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
June 15, 2017 at 5:42 PM
Ok I figured it out. You install the clip before the nut, then bend 
the tab over. Makes sense. I still don't trust this design as much as 
the old fashioned cotter pin.




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Re: [MBZ] Trailer wheel bearings

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Well with these axles supposedly you won't have to remove anything to grease 
them. They have a zerk fitting on the end that you pump in new grease and the 
old grease pumps out.

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> On Jun 15, 2017, at 6:41 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Cotter pins are cheaper to replace than those tab washers when you repack 
> your bearings. 
> I prefer the plain nut with the 12pt socket that slips over it and accepts 
> the cotter. Easier to get the bearing preload just right than with the castle 
> nut. 
> 
> Mitch.
> 
>> On June 15, 2017 at 6:42 PM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Ok I figured it out. You install the clip before the nut, then bend the tab 
>> over. Makes sense. I still don't trust this design as much as the old 
>> fashioned cotter pin.
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Re: [MBZ] Trailer wheel bearings

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Cotter pins are cheaper to replace than those tab washers when you repack your 
bearings. 
I prefer the plain nut with the 12pt socket that slips over it and accepts the 
cotter. Easier to get the bearing preload just right than with the castle nut. 

Mitch.

> On June 15, 2017 at 6:42 PM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Ok I figured it out. You install the clip before the nut, then bend the tab 
> over. Makes sense. I still don't trust this design as much as the old 
> fashioned cotter pin.

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Re: [MBZ] Trailer wheel bearings

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Ok I figured it out. You install the clip before the nut, then bend the tab 
over. Makes sense. I still don't trust this design as much as the old fashioned 
cotter pin.

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> On Jun 15, 2017, at 5:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I had to replace an axle on the trailer a while back and the new one has 
> those bearings that just has a metal clip that slips in the end of the 
> spindle instead of a cotter pin thru the spindle. I must be not placing it 
> correctly or something as I keep having problems with the bearings loosening 
> up on that axle. I am in the process of checking and sure enough it's way way 
> loose. I don't want it coming loose on a 1200 mile round trip and need to 
> figure this out now.
> 
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[MBZ] Trailer wheel bearings

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

I had to replace an axle on the trailer a while back and the new one has those 
bearings that just has a metal clip that slips in the end of the spindle 
instead of a cotter pin thru the spindle. I must be not placing it correctly or 
something as I keep having problems with the bearings loosening up on that 
axle. I am in the process of checking and sure enough it's way way loose. I 
don't want it coming loose on a 1200 mile round trip and need to figure this 
out now.

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