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Thread: Are these bearings bad?
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05-13-2022, 10:09 AM #11
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Just curious... do you have any vibration issues? I had fretted bearings and spindles on a previous trailer. I also had significant vibration issues... valve cores loosening and leaking, dump handles falling off/shattering, rear wall separating from the floor, and a lost tail light lens. I had the wheels balanced which solved the vibration issue. Like you, I replaced all bearings and races.
MikeMike & Sonya
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2017 Silverado 1500 CC 5.3 Tow Pkg, RAS
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05-13-2022, 11:39 AM #12
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You haven't lived until you've used jet fuel in the squad stove, Coleman lantern and tent heater. Never blew anything up. Oh and, we would use that days fuel sample to start the charcoal grill. With the charcoal, if you don't fan off the fumes first, you get the big woof!
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Both retired - still have our S&B
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05-16-2022, 08:45 AM #13
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We haven't any vibration issues issues since I installed Centramatic wheel balancers, but that was about 3 years ago and I've repacked the bearings at least twice since them. When we first got our trailer it had Westlake tires on it and they were not balanced at all. Every time we stopped, the cabinets were a mess and we had to push the furniture back into place. Since I knew I was ultimately going to replace the tires with Goodyears I installed Centramatic wheel balancers in leu of taking them to a tire shop and wasting the money to have them balanced.
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05-16-2022, 01:54 PM #14
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From what I can see in the picture, I would not hesitate to grease them up and continue to use them.
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05-18-2022, 02:40 PM #15
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You will want to check the rollers of the bearings for pitting as well as the races the bearing ride in. In my 30+ years of being an ASE certified tech I have seen pitted bearing not make any noise at all and smooth good looking bearing make crazy noise. However it is rare. Check the pattern on the race (installed inside the hub) for even pattern from the bearings. Clean everything very good. If you use air to blow out the bearings do not let them spin!!!!!’ When you blow them out. You can pack them by hand(easy to do) I recommend wearing a rubber glove. Use a quality bearing grease. From what I see in your photos I don’t see any abnormal wear. You will need to rotate bearing drums to inspect the whole surfaces for pitting.
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05-18-2022, 10:15 PM #16
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05-18-2022, 10:59 PM #17
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Do yourself a favor and by the Timken bearings. The ones you have are most likely chinese and they will let you down.
I also cannot tell from the pics, but any markings you can see are not a good thing in my opinion.
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05-19-2022, 05:26 AM #18
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The bearings and races will have a number on them. Search that number and you will get the correct parts. I would choose timken brand myself
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05-19-2022, 11:24 AM #19
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From what I can see, I ditto the responses that recommend repacking these bearing. I also would not "wash and dry" them, just wipe them down and repack with new grease.
As a side note, I read somewhere that Timken bearings are now made in China (like everything else that we buy in this country).
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05-20-2022, 08:32 AM #20
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