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At the risk of offending anyone but in the interests of accuracy and correctness, bearing buddies are not installed on any of the T@B trailers. Find your bearing buddies on your Master or Smokercraft… (View Post)

This, not that. Dexter Bearing Maintenance - YouTube @N7SHG_Ham is spot on. The brakes, bearings, axle shafts and seals require inspection at the same interval as the bearings require re-packing. Pus… (View Post)

Castellated nut or nut retainer, the procedure is identical. You torque to 50 foot pounds and then without disturbing the hub you loosen the nut just enough to allow you to either pass the cotter pin… (View Post)

It's 50 foot pounds to set the bearing. Then, without turning the hub, the nut is carefully backed away to permit the cotter pin to slide into the first available opening in the nut. There are other … (View Post)

You cannot glue, paint, varnish over anything that contains silicon.  (View Post)