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Originally Posted by notanlines
From Champion Trailers website "Whenever you install new hubs or new bearings and races into an old hub, you should pre-load the bearings. Pre-loading the bearings assures that the races in the hubs are 100% in place against their machined stop points and keeps the hub from wobbling after a few miles" This "wobble" is what I'm talking about. There should be NO wobble whatsoever. And one more thing before I fill my coffee cup and walk the dog: Never worry about starting an argument on this kind of forum. These are the kinds of things we're here for; to learn from other people and their experiences. And if we are arguing then loser buys the beer so everybody wins.....
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Jim, I'm sure your comment was directed at me. And, I was not worried, but some people see disagreement in a forum as a reason to come unglued. I try to make it clear to everyone that a discussion is not a fight.
From your post, the undesired wobble would be visible as the wheel is rotating during use. And, to beat a dead horse, I was talking about just a tiny bit of "play" that you can feel if you put your hands on the tire on each side (with the trailer jacked up) and then alternately push and pull on each side.
The seating of the bearings using a torque wrench if possible is clearly an important step, and I do it exactly as the directions that were posted specify.
I also think it would be very easy for someone who is new to this procedure to think that the retaining nut should be tightened more than "finger tight", in the final step, which would not be good.
It seems to me we're both saying the same thing, although initially in different ways.
- Jack