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Hello All,
Recently picked up a 10’ snowmobile trailer with 18.5x8.5-8” tires and 2000lb torsion acle manufactured in 96’. Decided to check on the bearings yesterday evening as there was a little too much play when you would grab the tire and push back and forth.
Bearings looked good and were smooth so reinstalled and the ideal just barely no play spot was in between castle nut spots so I decided to loosen it to the next spot.
This morning I got to thinking about the castle nuts and how they were grooved on the back side that contacts the bearings (see attached picture). The pictures are of the castle nut that was groved the worse.
Any idea what caused this(too much preload on the last set of bearings)? Should I replace the castle nut? I’ve got a 200 mile each way trip scheduled tomorrow to pick up a new to be sled
Recently picked up a 10’ snowmobile trailer with 18.5x8.5-8” tires and 2000lb torsion acle manufactured in 96’. Decided to check on the bearings yesterday evening as there was a little too much play when you would grab the tire and push back and forth.
Bearings looked good and were smooth so reinstalled and the ideal just barely no play spot was in between castle nut spots so I decided to loosen it to the next spot.
This morning I got to thinking about the castle nuts and how they were grooved on the back side that contacts the bearings (see attached picture). The pictures are of the castle nut that was groved the worse.
Any idea what caused this(too much preload on the last set of bearings)? Should I replace the castle nut? I’ve got a 200 mile each way trip scheduled tomorrow to pick up a new to be sled