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<blockquote data-quote="PSG-1" data-source="post: 251426" data-attributes="member: 6937"><p>Not to mention having dirt, etc, get inside the bearings, in addition to them losing grease and running hot, add a little abrasive like sand, and it's time to replace the hub, bearings, races, seals, etc.</p><p></p><p>I've personally had a BB fall off a trailer hub at least 3 times over the past 20 years, so, I've learned to go ahead and tack weld or wrap them with duct tape. It's ridiculous that you have to do something like that because of a piss-poor design, like I said, if they'd drill and tap the edges of a hub for setscrews, that would hold a BB securely. I think if I ever need to replace hubs, I'm going to try doing that with the new ones, I might be on to something with this idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PSG-1, post: 251426, member: 6937"] Not to mention having dirt, etc, get inside the bearings, in addition to them losing grease and running hot, add a little abrasive like sand, and it's time to replace the hub, bearings, races, seals, etc. I've personally had a BB fall off a trailer hub at least 3 times over the past 20 years, so, I've learned to go ahead and tack weld or wrap them with duct tape. It's ridiculous that you have to do something like that because of a piss-poor design, like I said, if they'd drill and tap the edges of a hub for setscrews, that would hold a BB securely. I think if I ever need to replace hubs, I'm going to try doing that with the new ones, I might be on to something with this idea. [/QUOTE]
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