BirchyBoy
Member
- Aug 6, 2022
- 66
- Boat Info
- 2006 185 Sport
- Engines
- Mercruiser 4.3 with Alpha Drive 1
We had a setback this past weekend. We left the lake and the trailer didn’t feel right. As I was pulling over I saw smoke on the left side and then someone pulled up and said a tire was ready to fall off. After waiting four hours for roadside assistance I called it a night and went back the next day and they hauled it to our place.
I took the wheel off and the axle nut was barely holding it in. The PO said they had done the bearings recently but something was done wrong. The spindle is shot to heck. It looks like the bearings slipped off the races and ground the spindle pretty good.
The trailer is a 2006 Shorelander single axle. My plan was to drop the axle and have a new one made, complete with brakes, at a local shop; they quoted about $800 after seeing the pics. I just read about something called a Speedi-Sleeve. Is this too far gone for that?
I took the wheel off and the axle nut was barely holding it in. The PO said they had done the bearings recently but something was done wrong. The spindle is shot to heck. It looks like the bearings slipped off the races and ground the spindle pretty good.
The trailer is a 2006 Shorelander single axle. My plan was to drop the axle and have a new one made, complete with brakes, at a local shop; they quoted about $800 after seeing the pics. I just read about something called a Speedi-Sleeve. Is this too far gone for that?