Captain Caveman
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Has anyone found a good, local replacement for these Sure Lube cotter pins? I just replaced all of the bearings, races, and rear seals but realized that I didn't have replacement cotter pins. I don't want to wait a week to order new ones online.
Online the size is: 1-11/16" x 1/2" x 5/32"
Before anyone says "just use a regular cotter pin," I'll pre-emptively say that you can't. Not on the Sure Lube spindles on Karavan trailers. If you use a regular cotter pin, it will hold the castle nut on but it is too thin for the hole. Therefore grease presses out of the cotter pin hole in the front of the spindle instead of flowing to the rear bearing and pushing old grease out the front.
So technically, yes, I could use a regular cotter pin but the hub won't get proper grease. None of the local auto shops seem to have a cotter pin like this.
Online the size is: 1-11/16" x 1/2" x 5/32"
Before anyone says "just use a regular cotter pin," I'll pre-emptively say that you can't. Not on the Sure Lube spindles on Karavan trailers. If you use a regular cotter pin, it will hold the castle nut on but it is too thin for the hole. Therefore grease presses out of the cotter pin hole in the front of the spindle instead of flowing to the rear bearing and pushing old grease out the front.
So technically, yes, I could use a regular cotter pin but the hub won't get proper grease. None of the local auto shops seem to have a cotter pin like this.
