Thread: Boat Trailer Maintenance, Tips, FAQ

Thats some useful info! Thanks for going to the trouble of posting all of it and making it a sticky.

Thanks Scrapper its that kind of info that makes this a great site.

Thought of this after seeing Duckhunters post...thanks for posting and thanks for all of your compliments. Anytime I've done something to a boat, outboard, or trailer I've always had to scour the web looking for information...always wanted a place I could go and have most of it or at least alot of it. Will keep adding as I find information...thanks again guys!

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superior industries

instead of using a 2x4 to remove inner bearing try this. remove nut, washer and outer bearing. put washer and nut back on spindle, take hub and give a pull, washer & nut will go trough the hub and inner bearing will come out. alot of times this will save your wheel seal.

Great idea hawg!

I'll throw this in here : Packing trailer bearings - YouTube to go along with all the "how to" instructions on trailer bearing repacking/replacing.

... cp

Sounds like you have overcome many obstacles and have a few more left to go. Good luck an hope you get out on the water in the spring.

This will adapt your trailer flat 4 to your vehicle 7 prong. Lowes has them for $10.

Does anyone have information (diagram, picture, etc.) for making a spare tire mount that includes a spare hub? Mounting the tire on the wheel is an easy enough thing for me to envision and build, but does a mount that includes a spare hub with the spare tire mounted to it need to basically be a stub spindle? How do you keep it from spinning and how do you secure it against theft? I want the spare hub as well as the spare tire/wheel mounted on the trailer and not kept in the truck or boat so it is always where and with what it needs to go on.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by smashdn

Does anyone have information (diagram, picture, etc.) for making a spare tire mount that includes a spare hub? Mounting the tire on the wheel is an easy enough thing for me to envision and build, but does a mount that includes a spare hub with the spare tire mounted to it need to basically be a stub spindle? How do you keep it from spinning and how do you secure it against theft? I want the spare hub as well as the spare tire/wheel mounted on the trailer and not kept in the truck or boat so it is always where and with what it needs to go on.

Thanks.

When I replaced my trailer hubs, the new Smith hubs each came in cute little black plastic cases. I kept the better one of my old hubs, put it in one of the little cases (Including lug nuts, old bearing, etc.), and keep it stowed in a boat compartment. I hope to never need it, but I suspect the chances are greater that I will run upon someone who will need it at boat ramp or on the side of the road somewhere.
If and when that happens, I will probably just buy a new single hub kit and stash it in the boat.
To store it takes very little space, I see no need to mount it to the trailer in the elements and such.

I have no compartments in my boat. I have a milk crate under my console that is full and I keep a small duffle bag of tools I have to move back to the bilge area on top of the fuel tank when I'm fishing.