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Location: 31 | Originally written by spud (7/31/2012 10:15 PM)
Hi Jerry: I read your contribution to the "Cool Hubs Question" thread posted a couple weeks ago. I too own an'08 RangerTrail and your comment re checking the spindle/bearing tension caught my attention. I've never done this and sure enough, my tires are wearing significantly more on the inside edges. My question is how do you know if they need tightening and if so - How? I developed a good sense of feel in tightening the spindle nuts on my old Shorelander, but I don't even know how to get the black plastic hub covers off this one. I'd appreciate any help you might offer. Thanks John Ross
Hi John,
For whatever reason I can receive private messages but cannot reply...weird.
To remove the black cap all you need is a big pair of pliers, plus a paper plate and a rag to catch the oil. After I jack the boat trailer up I just spin the wheel firmly by hand with the tire on it, and look for two full revolutions. Anything more than that and I remove the Carter key and tighten the nut.
Once I get the two revolutions, (BTW I remove the brakes on he rears because they drag a little) I just reassemble and ad the oil... provided of course the rear seal is good and there are no metal fragments found in the oil.
The hub always gets looser on the spindle, never tighter, the looser it gets the more uneven your tire wear can be, but it's pretty normal for boat trailer tires to wear unevenly like that (check out the trailer tire rotation thread).
There's also tons of good information online, if you check I'm sure you can find everything you need.
Good luck!
Edited by Jerry Newman 7/31/2012 11:28 PM
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