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| Identifying the leak is the most important. I'm in a similar situation. I'm currently replacing all 4 hubs and an axle. The previous owner had a hub blow up on him. He just put grease hubs on the front axle and called it good. The spindle is severely damaged and waiting to blow up again. Since mine is a weld on spindle, its easier to replace the axle (New axle is 220 + 120 to ship from Ranger).
When you pull the hub you need to check the wear ring on the spindle. If there are no grooves, you may just need a new seal. There will be a number on the seal. You can cross reference it online. Its also a good idea to check all the o rings in the hub protector and clean that out.
New hubs from Ranger are 160 for brake hubs or ~130 for idler hubs. That includes all new bearings, seals, oil bath parts. Better than any price online. Made sense to me to buy all new hubs. My trailer is almost 20 years old and I'd rather do it in my garage than on the side of the road. Here are some links I've found helpful. If you call ranger have your trailer VIN handy. If you have a digital caliper, take some measurements of the hub and spindle. Your bearings should also have a number on them.
http://www.waymires.com/catalog/newcatatest/catalogprod/ufp_product...
http://www.waymires.com/support_documents/ufp/waymire_ufp_catalog.p...
http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=743758
http://www.venturetrailers.com/pdfs/WearSleeve.pdf
https://www.easternmarine.com/downloads/dl/file/id/7527/instructions...
Edited by benvcarlson 3/21/2019 7:19 AM
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