Black Snow Slide
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jun 15, 2007
- Messages
- 276
Ventura trailer that carries my Monterey 250CR is in need of love before next spring. 2 years ago I converted the trailer from drum to disk breaks. Huge improvement in breaking. My trailer is dunked 6-8 times a week mostly in salt water and travels about 4 thousand miles a season. My off season to do list for the trailer is:
1. Tires are already off (spare as well), cleaned wheels, tires rebalanced (radials), and put away in shed.
2. Hubs off repack bearings and replace if needed. Use emery cloth on inside of hubs to bring back to new like condition if replacing races.
3. Emery cloth the back part of the spindle to ensure a smooth ridding surface for the rear seal.
4. Break pads are 2/3 the way worn. Replacing pads and turning disks. It seams like the pads wore down quickly but never found excessive heat. I also jack the tires 2-3 times during the season to check spindle nut tightness and drag from breaks and never found any. Could the frequent swims in the salt water accelerate this?
5. I have a zerk fitting on the end of the spindle. When I pump grease to it it fills from in back of the rear seal and moves the old grease out the front. I am wanting to replace this zerk fitting with Bearing Buddys.
6. First year I had the trailer I swapped all my lighting to L.E.D. (Never a problem since) I do every year go through all the grounds and clean them up and give all electrical connections a good eye over.
7. Coupler is already greased and the bow strap has already been reeled out cleaned , inspected and is good to go. Trailer Bunks are good as well.
Some people think I over do it but at 11pm at night I don't need to be stuck on the side of interstate 95.
1. Tires are already off (spare as well), cleaned wheels, tires rebalanced (radials), and put away in shed.
2. Hubs off repack bearings and replace if needed. Use emery cloth on inside of hubs to bring back to new like condition if replacing races.
3. Emery cloth the back part of the spindle to ensure a smooth ridding surface for the rear seal.
4. Break pads are 2/3 the way worn. Replacing pads and turning disks. It seams like the pads wore down quickly but never found excessive heat. I also jack the tires 2-3 times during the season to check spindle nut tightness and drag from breaks and never found any. Could the frequent swims in the salt water accelerate this?
5. I have a zerk fitting on the end of the spindle. When I pump grease to it it fills from in back of the rear seal and moves the old grease out the front. I am wanting to replace this zerk fitting with Bearing Buddys.
6. First year I had the trailer I swapped all my lighting to L.E.D. (Never a problem since) I do every year go through all the grounds and clean them up and give all electrical connections a good eye over.
7. Coupler is already greased and the bow strap has already been reeled out cleaned , inspected and is good to go. Trailer Bunks are good as well.
Some people think I over do it but at 11pm at night I don't need to be stuck on the side of interstate 95.
