I was given a 1436 Jon boat and trailer when my grandpa passed away. I'm in the process of restoring the trailer and ran into some trouble.
When I removed the hubs there was this metal collar spacer (its the gold spacer in the pic below) that had been put on the spindle and slid all the way to where the grease seal bottoms out on the spindle. I had thought that the grease seal was supposed to go over the larger diameter part of the spindle so that it made a water tight seal. My grandfather was all about some redneck engineering so it didn't surprise me that something was not the original setup. i ordered new hubs from E-trailer and did not install this spacer on the spindle because I didn't think it was supposed to be there. The grease seal seems to fit perfectly and the bearings are correct the replacement, but now the spindle is about 1/4 to long... so that if I install the castle nut and tighten the cotter pin hole is 1/4 inch away from the castle nut. The hubs are just your stand 4x4 hubs that measure about 4inch long. If I install the spacer on the outer edge of the spindle between the washer and castle nut it will take up the slack and I can install the castle nut properly. In the pic with castle nut the cotter pin hole is perfectly lined up and there is just enough room left to install the dust cap. So I have the following questions:
1. Is the grease seal supposed to slide up and over the larger diameter part thats right after the shiny smooth metal to make a water tight seal? Mine slides over this area about 1/4 inch.
2. Do you think this setup will be safe?
3. How many revolutions is the wheel supposed to turn with fresh grease? Mine get about 1.5-2 revolutions and come to a stop. This seems to make sense to me bc the grease seal is a tight fit around the larger diameter spindle piece(whatever this part is called) and creates drag and the brand new grease is very thick when cool.
When I removed the hubs there was this metal collar spacer (its the gold spacer in the pic below) that had been put on the spindle and slid all the way to where the grease seal bottoms out on the spindle. I had thought that the grease seal was supposed to go over the larger diameter part of the spindle so that it made a water tight seal. My grandfather was all about some redneck engineering so it didn't surprise me that something was not the original setup. i ordered new hubs from E-trailer and did not install this spacer on the spindle because I didn't think it was supposed to be there. The grease seal seems to fit perfectly and the bearings are correct the replacement, but now the spindle is about 1/4 to long... so that if I install the castle nut and tighten the cotter pin hole is 1/4 inch away from the castle nut. The hubs are just your stand 4x4 hubs that measure about 4inch long. If I install the spacer on the outer edge of the spindle between the washer and castle nut it will take up the slack and I can install the castle nut properly. In the pic with castle nut the cotter pin hole is perfectly lined up and there is just enough room left to install the dust cap. So I have the following questions:
1. Is the grease seal supposed to slide up and over the larger diameter part thats right after the shiny smooth metal to make a water tight seal? Mine slides over this area about 1/4 inch.
2. Do you think this setup will be safe?
3. How many revolutions is the wheel supposed to turn with fresh grease? Mine get about 1.5-2 revolutions and come to a stop. This seems to make sense to me bc the grease seal is a tight fit around the larger diameter spindle piece(whatever this part is called) and creates drag and the brand new grease is very thick when cool.