About those no maintenance hubs
by Eric Low on 14 Jun, 2016 17:42
Got home frome Florida in early April and found a wheel hanging on by a thread. Had a bunch of tournaments coming so didn't fight hard to get warranty. Flash forward a few weeks and I am in Buffalo walking back to my rig and see a wheel GONE! Not sure how long it had been but GONE. This one on the rear axel with brakes. We jack it up and tie it up best we could with a bow line.....enough to get to Lowe's and get a 3500lb ratchet strap. Mind you I am 500 miles frome home. Had some more time before tournament season resumed this time so go for warranty. Today, I 3 wheeled it up to Great Pond for a Tribute to Service event that a volunteer for and had committed to. (If it can go 500 miles what's another 200. ) Anyway I get there......event is canceled. 3 footers crashing on the ramp. Arggg! Hadn't fished in a month. Anyway, got the call my axel was approved .....all they need was serial number of the axel. On the bottom middle plate riveted on gator hide covered. I am laying in wet dirt....I floated the boat trying to get at the number. Laying flat on my back bottom of axel literally inches from my eyeballs and covered in gatorehyde no serial to be seen. Arggg if only the rest of the trailer so well built! Anyway, put the boat back on the trailer and stop by the marina to have a tech get the numbers. Takes him better than a half hour with tools! Any way to make a long story shorter I am eventually getting a new axel hubs and they are replacing the lost tire and wheel. Eventually. Good thing my tournament partner for the next several has a ride too and there is always that 3 wheel thing lol. At what point am I pushing my luck? 2k is probably worth the wait. Now you know why a lot of the pros have more than one boat....need 2 or 3 of everything.
Reply #1
by Curt on 14 Jun, 2016 20:12
Wow
Can't believe you actually lost a wheel
Good thing you have a tandem axle trailer or it could have been disastrous.
Reply #2
by fishon-son on 14 Jun, 2016 21:04
im guessing you don't grease your hubs or its the oil bath hub and you don't change the oil.?
im guessing you don't grease your hubs or its the oil bath hub and you don't change the oil.?
The trailer mentioned is not very old, so this should never have happened at all
Clearly a defect in workmanship or materials.
Reply #5
by bullet20dc on 15 Jun, 2016 16:30
oil seal leaks and you r done she wont run more then 5 miles on an empty oil hub but Grease gets ya home
Reply #6
by sbg on 08 Jul, 2016 00:14
Been there done that last year. Luckily not nearly that far from home. Got out to pay for the launch fee and the smell hit me....burnt grease smell... Its 4 in the morning and dark. Glanced around and didnt really see anything obvious. Launched the boat and pulled back up and uh oh! All of a sudden Im running on 3 wheels. I scan the water and see my tire and wheel and hub floating. Lol. Grab all that and put it in the back of the truck. Already there to fish and theres nothing I can do about it. Rachet strap that side up and after the tourney limped it home very slowly. Got both new axles, hubs and all the next week. And these were plain jane grease hubs. Bearing just had a come apart. Put me out a little over 600$ I think it was but I shouldnt have any more trouble for a while now.... Hopefully