Quick Trailer Bearing Question
Just threading my off road camper trailer bearings. It’s only 2 years old and I’ve finally gotten around to doing it. Not sure how it kept rolling to be honest, the manufacturer definitely hadn’t put much grease in them.
Still... I’ve put in new bearings and race cones, greased the bearings and reassembled. What I don’t know (as this is the 1st time I’ve ever done a trailer bearing) is: how tight do I do to the main nut that holds the hub onto the axle (the one with the split pin holding it in)? When I disassembled it (I used a large shifter as I don’t have a 37mm socket) it wasn’t very tight.
I’ve done it tighter than finger tight but not super tight. Plus of course I had to turn the nut so it lines up with the split pin hole. The wheel is currently still off, and there doesn’t seem to be any movement in the hub, but it does still spin round.
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