"Jim Laumann" wrote in message
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You are not alone, must be somethin' in the Florida water....

In Feb of 2003 - I had a work related trip to Orlando, and
subsequently hooked up w/ Doc for what was supposed to
be fishing on Okeechobee. We made the trip on day one,
but day 2 brought disaster, for Doc's trailer had much the
same problem as yours.

Hmmm... I feel better. I'm in good company

We managed to limp his trailer back to his house, and I think
he ended up replacing the whole axle, as it was chewed up bad.
We too were lucky....

Re-pack those bearings every year - even sooner if you do the
salt water - I wonder it that's what got yours (ie orevious owner)?

If you look on the ROFB web site, there is an article on repacking
trailer wheel bearings.

I just bought the boat and went out an bought many items... such as Bearing
Buddy's as I'd rather be safe. Turns out I did not understand that this
trailer has a Speindle Lube Axel (I found out today). But also, one of the
special dust caps either was never on the trailer or fell off when I was
towing it home the first time. This is another reason why I put Bearing
Buddy's on it. Turns out, from what I can tell, BB's won't do anything for
me on this axel. While the info on Spindle Lube axel's is that when new
grease is applied it forces out all the old grease, it looks like a BB won't
push grease into the hub from the outside.

I replaced the seals and bearings but I think they sold be incorrect items.
From Champion Trailers site, it seems that I might need to have two seals on
the inside and none on the outside (?). I"m going to go to a local trailer
store now that I'm hope and get all the correct items. I'm then going to
replace items on _both_ wheels.

But at least now I will know everything about my trailer for the future.