03-11-2015, 10:21 PM
Yup, I remember ya. Not much an extra hand could do at the time. Moral support yes... lol Not fun, but better than being on the side of the road with traffic playing chicken with one constantly. Actually the job itself was ok to do the not fun part was not having the right tools for the job and making do with what one had on hand. Right after my wife had left the house I thought about the Mapp gas torch I had in my tool box... Sure glad I was able to work off that inner bearing with a pipe wrench.
What did it cost to have your boat flatbedded home? At one point I was almost ready to do that just so I had the right "stuff" to do the repair but just wasn't feeling spending the $$ to do it.
The outer race in my hub must of spun for a while. When I put the new race in out there in the parking lot it just dropped in. No tapping it in at all. Not really a noticable wobble/sloppy fit with that race but don't trust it just falling in like that. Will call that one a gone'r and toss it on a shelf. With two new hubs coming will replace both sides and re-pack the one side and save it for a emergency spare hub. Plus the spare tire holder combo with a hub my wife ended up picking up at Bass Pro I ended up keeping verse returning. I like it since it holds my spare a couple inches higher. No more dragging of the spare tire going out of the garage down the angled driveway. Two spare hubs will be with me for now on...
Tom
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What did it cost to have your boat flatbedded home? At one point I was almost ready to do that just so I had the right "stuff" to do the repair but just wasn't feeling spending the $$ to do it.
The outer race in my hub must of spun for a while. When I put the new race in out there in the parking lot it just dropped in. No tapping it in at all. Not really a noticable wobble/sloppy fit with that race but don't trust it just falling in like that. Will call that one a gone'r and toss it on a shelf. With two new hubs coming will replace both sides and re-pack the one side and save it for a emergency spare hub. Plus the spare tire holder combo with a hub my wife ended up picking up at Bass Pro I ended up keeping verse returning. I like it since it holds my spare a couple inches higher. No more dragging of the spare tire going out of the garage down the angled driveway. Two spare hubs will be with me for now on...
Tom
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