pworm
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I recently started to pull off the hubs and bearings to my boat trailer to repack and replace the bearings if they needed it. Before I greased and reassembled everything I did a test fit without the grease, and noticed a gap between the back of the hub and the trailer axle.
If I tighten the castle nut anymore, the hub will not spin freely like normal. Is this common, or did the previous owner use the wrong size/style of hub? The title says it's homemade, but I have a hard time believing that since it's so well built.
I haven't had any problems with the trailer, I've put around 1000 miles on it so far. The only issue is some grease has leaked out the back of the hub. The passenger side was worse than the driver side. You can see the build up on the axle in the pics below.
If I tighten the castle nut anymore, the hub will not spin freely like normal. Is this common, or did the previous owner use the wrong size/style of hub? The title says it's homemade, but I have a hard time believing that since it's so well built.
I haven't had any problems with the trailer, I've put around 1000 miles on it so far. The only issue is some grease has leaked out the back of the hub. The passenger side was worse than the driver side. You can see the build up on the axle in the pics below.