Hello: I would back it off one notch. Even if it has a very small amount of slack. When the bearings warm up and expand the bearings will get hotter and hotter causing bearing failure. If you have an electronic temperature gun you could check the temps of the hubs and keep an eye out for trouble. Just my opinion. Maybe others will chime in also. Good Luck. O - R
How warm or hot do they feel after a ten mile run coach ? That will tell you if they are too tight or not. And I would never go to smaller key or locking device for a spindle nut.
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Ran tippah lake and back a couple of times at 55-60 mph . no problems . not worm to the touch .About 35 miles one way .
news flash ! there should be a washer between the bearings and the castle nut ! my trailer did not have one on either side . Works very good now . .
Yes. .....and its a tongue washer......has a tongue to go in slot or groove in the spindle to keep it from turning.
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went to trailer place and was told that I needed washer . I went to tractor supply and got the kit which included a castle nut, washer, and pin/key . the washer seems to be standard size but thicker . Works good with no slack any where .
Hey neither one of my hubs had washers between castle nut and bearings. If I even had a washer their would not be enough room to put the washer and then castle nut on to screw down to the hole to put cotter pin in. Should I be concerned?
mine has a washer, but no tang on it and no notch in the spindle for the tang if it had one.. always been that way, it's an '89 Hustler trailer.
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