help pls. trailer grease seal problem

[rzkas]

hi and how are you? i am a big problem and i need help, guide and instruction. i took out my trailer hub, took out grease seal, bearing and clean up the hub. put back new seal, new bearing and grease it very well. before i put the seal on i tried it and goes in and sit just fine, when i put the grease seal on and put a wood ontop and hit the wood for the seal to go into the hub. seal went in and sit fine and look flush with the hub. i went back to put the hub onto the spindle , it start going in and stops. i tried to play around with it while pushing it to go in but it did not . what is the problem and what have i dont wrong and how can i fix or correction this situation. thanks

 

[alloffroad]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

Sounds like the axle size is not right

 

[bonz_d]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

Sounds like the wrong seal to me also.

 

[lncoop]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

Pics would really help.

 

[rzkas]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

ok i will try to get pic. the funny side of this is, the same grease seal was sliding in the spindle by it self but when i put it into the hub it doesn't allow the hub to slide in all the way.

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

I would take it back apart and see if the bearings and seal will slide on the shaft.

 

[lncoop]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

ok i will try to get pic. the funny side of this is, the same grease seal was sliding in the spindle by it self but when i put it into the hub it doesn't allow the hub to slide in all the way.

I assume you replaced the seal because it wasn't holding in the grease. If so, maybe it was just reamed out enough to spin freely on the spindle?

 

[rzkas]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

yes i change the grease seal because the old seal was bad. new grease seal by itself with a little jiggle it slide in the spindle and the hub with only rear and front bearing it slides in the spindle just fine but when i put the seal on the hub, the hub doesn't slide all the way in the spindle.

I assume you replaced the seal because it wasn't holding in the grease. If so, maybe it was just reamed out enough to spin freely on the spindle?

 

[Silvertip]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

You indicated that you replaced the bearings as well. That sir is the problem -- not the seal. You have the wrong bearing(s).

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: help pls. trailer grease seal problem

Thats what I suspect to silvertip and why I sugested a test fit.