[Shop-talk] trailer advice needed

[Chadwick E. Labno]

Has anyone mentioned "Bernelling"
chad

Nolan wrote:

>It's because they sit.
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>Bearings in a car get rotated and heated up by use quite frequently.  This 
>drives out moisture and circulates the grease over the metal surfaces. 
>Trailer bearings just sit there, undisturbed and cold.  So the condensation 
>that does get into them doesn't get driven out.  And as the water patiently 
>works through the grease, it starts to rust the metal.  Wet rusty bearings 
>don't work well, even if they have good brand names like Timkin.
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Doug Braun" <doug at dougbraun.com>
>To: "Ron Schmittou" <rs1121 at earthlink.net>; <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:29 AM
>Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] trailer advice needed
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>>So generally speaking, why are trailer tires and wheel
>>bearings so lousy?
>>I always hear about them failing.  And it sounds like
>>it is a much more dangerous problem on a trailer
>>compared to a car.
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>>Those parts never give me much trouble on my car...
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