Trailer Time

[flounderpounder225]

Well it's on the "things to do" list, got all the parts last week, every last bolt, U-Bolt, Springs, New Pre-packed hubs with bearings.. the works.  Got her jacked up in the driveway, Hmm, that STB side rear tire sure did move a lot when the weight came off... Can you say "Lathe"... when I pulled the grease cap pieces of the bearing and cotter pin came out.  I was going to just do one side at a time, but now the axle has to come out.  So jack the port side, now the entire rig is sitting on jack stands under the frame.  Pull the tires/hubs, get the saws-all out, cut the top of the spring u-bolts, smack with a hammer, and the port side rear spring collapsed in 2 pieces, dropping that side of the axle to the ground, the only thing holding it all together was the spring tie plate.  So the rear axle is out, hopefully get a new spindle tomorrow from the trailer shop, and weld it all back together tomorrow afternoon, then I can get the running gear all finished, and move on to the rest of the u-bolts, bunks, risers etc.. etc...And the hits keep on comin...  

[John Jones]

Dang near scene by scene of what I went through last time.  Good luck with it Marc.

[GoneFission]

B - O - A - T

Bring On Another Thousand!

But be glad you found those problems in the driveway, not on the Interstate at 60 or so...

[flounderpounder225]

Just in at dark, another afternoon of hot wrench, saws all and sledge hammers.... Got the new spindle welded in, and the other axle out.  It's slow goin.

[jdupree]

Sounds like you will have a new trailer when you are done

[John Jones]

This is the best trailer accessory I have ever seen.



http://www.harborfreight.com/infrared-t ... 93984.html

I check the hubs when I get to the ramp and when I get home.  On a long trip I check them every time I make a pit stop.  You will know about a problem way before it becomes an on the road failure.

[gran398]

Marc, been there, good work.

Know was a wench, but doing it yourself just saved 70 bucks per hour in specialty labor.

Gotta like that.

 

JJ, good tool. Useful around the house too, detecting heat flashes (not weather related)

 

[John Jones]

No need for a hot flash alarm around here.  At this point I can just assume there will be a minimum of two per hour.   :(

[fitz73222]

What a hoot! Imagine getting into a discussion with Mama while you have the laser temp probe pointed at her forehead and saying there is no evidence from a temperature standpoint to support that you are having a hotflash! I remember when my ex wife was having contractions with our son 25 years ago and I was watching the fetal monitor looking for electrical tremers indicating a uterine twitch approaching when I would say: " Honey I believe you are about to have a contraction". The ex would say: " NO Sh**t DUMB ASS!

[John Jones]

[gran398]

You got that right! My ex did exactly the same thing in delivery, she called me names that would curl your toes...

[GoneFission]

You got that right! My ex did exactly the same thing in delivery, she called me names that would curl your toes...

Any of that why she's the "ex?"

       

[John Jones]

The ex would say: " NO Sh**t DUMB ASS!

 

I'm glad to know that I am not alone in this world.

[gran398]

You got that right! My ex did exactly the same thing in delivery, she called me names that would curl your toes...

Any of that why she's the "ex?"

       

 

Yes, that was a contributing factor, but also because I was a "worthless POS" and other catchy phrases...