nguye569
Well-known member
Previous owner had never changed the tires on trailer since he purchased his boat (and now I'm thinking he probably only looked at the bearings every few years).
One wheel came off just fine as I would have expected, the other side had a different level of exposure to the elements and the lug nuts were completely seized. I ended up loosening 3/5 studs from the hubs, so they kept spinning. Womp womp, time to replace the hubs I guess.
The cotter pins used were some other type of style that I had never seen and did not freely slide out of the hole. I ended up having to find various screws and pounding them through (took me over an hour to get both pins off!). What a pain of a "simple" tire replacement this was.
Atleast I'm happy that's done with and I was in my garage rather than the side of the road.
One wheel came off just fine as I would have expected, the other side had a different level of exposure to the elements and the lug nuts were completely seized. I ended up loosening 3/5 studs from the hubs, so they kept spinning. Womp womp, time to replace the hubs I guess.
The cotter pins used were some other type of style that I had never seen and did not freely slide out of the hole. I ended up having to find various screws and pounding them through (took me over an hour to get both pins off!). What a pain of a "simple" tire replacement this was.
Atleast I'm happy that's done with and I was in my garage rather than the side of the road.