robinwood

Thanks very much for all the responses - I have not had a chance to work on it this week. until tonight thanks to the mississauga ofnr who offered assistance I may well owe you very soon! I did read some of those previous web instructions ,looked pretty easy - but thought I had a major problem when I had to pull the hub off and that extra ring was stuck on the shaft- I take it it should come off ! so will apply some force and wd40 - I will not try and use any of the old parts - It makes sense I think to get bearing buddies - You are very correct safety should be the main issue here. I tried banging the rings(race) or whatever that is in the picture closest to the threads on the axel -it does not budge - am I safe to increase force? pipe wrence or something similiar-I take it that this ring should move ! here is the picture again

Thanks very much for all the responses - I have not had a chance to work on it this week. I live in Mississauga if someone is near by I may well take you up on the offer it is worth some sort of prize, drink(s) or whatever!- I will try once more to get the parts out this weekend ! I did read some of those previous web instructions ,looked pretty easy - but thought I had a major problem when I had to pull the hub off and that extra ring was stuck on the shaft- I take it it should come off ! so will apply some force and wd40 - I will not try and use any of the old parts - It makes sense I think to get bearing buddies - You are very correct safety should be the main issue here. I really appreciate the advice - doubt that anyone at Cad. Tire would be useful- took 30 minutes for them to find the special rod and reel on sale recently. I keep getting Princess Auto catalogs with all these nifty bearing and axle parts advertised - has anyone delt with them- do the staff know things ? thanks again I will keep you posted - but would rather be fishing!

Hello 2007- I am an occasional poster and fisherman (regrettably) - Last year some postings gave good advise to check my wheel bearings , on my last trip in August one of the bearing caps came off somewhere on the 401- I had a local garage repack and re cap both wheels , on return home 2 weeks later - the cap was gone again and while putting the boat in the garage I noticed the wheel wobbling!!-I found instructions on a aite through the board which seemed to illustrate the steps required to replace the bearings - However , I was never able to complete to repair - the boat is in the garage sitting on a jack- the dilemma is that I do not know how to get it somewhere else to be fixed- I have included a couple of pictures of my bearing replacement progress- but I am now stuck - if you can see the photos - I think I did this right-tried to send bass pictures last year but failed--anyway- the photo of the shaft shows two rings at the rear which are loose, a small thin metal jagged ring that moves- another small ring near the threads that does not move- cannot get it off!! the parts are the ones I did get off ,the white hub , of of which a few small cylindrical bits of metal fell out-bottom left of photo, a shear pin, large lock ring and 4 nuts - I found some fishing line wrapped around the shaft as well. If you have done a replacement like this, I would appreciate any comments -suggestions - to solve the problem - and certainly appreciate your time in responding - maybe I should stick with fishing and not trailer repair!