Wheel Bearing

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   Stuck brakes could overheat the whole drum including the bearings. Does the wheel turn freely? 

Does the wheel have a lot of play when you push and pull on it with that side of the trailer lifted? If yes then you have a bad bearing. 

If not and you have significant negative camber (top of wheel slanted inward) then most likely you do have a bent axle or spindle. Hit any curbs or big potholes? How much weight do you have on that axle? 

Not likely though that a bent axle or spindle would destroy a bearing quickly like that. 0Was the spindle badly scored or damaged the first round? p

When I bought a couple of Lippert drum kits (brake issues in my case) the outer bearings were just loose in the box and none of the bearings were what I would call properly greased. I ended up cleaning up and repacking the bearings before I installed them. 

By all means get a new dust cover too....

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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Topic: Wheel Bearing Posted: 18 Jul 2021 at 3:47pm
	Stuck brakes could overheat the whole drum including the bearings. Does the wheel turn freely? Does the wheel have a lot of play when you push and pull on it with that side of the trailer lifted? If yes then you have a bad bearing. If not and you have significant negative camber (top of wheel slanted inward) then most likely you do have a bent axle or spindle. Hit any curbs or big potholes? How much weight do you have on that axle? Not likely though that a bent axle or spindle would destroy a bearing quickly like that. 0Was the spindle badly scored or damaged the first round? p When I bought a couple of Lippert drum kits (brake issues in my case) the outer bearings were just loose in the box and none of the bearings were what I would call properly greased. I ended up cleaning up and repacking the bearings before I installed them. By all means get a new dust cover too....
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Vector1952 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 Sep 2016 Location: RI Online Status: Offline Posts: 64	Posted: 18 Jul 2021 at 3:17pm
	You could see the bearing there was no dust cover on outside hub lost it the first time Tire is slanted.
	Xxxx7

fwunder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676	Posted: 18 Jul 2021 at 3:05pm
	You sure it's the bearing smoking and not the brakes on the new assembly? They could have been over tightened. fred
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Vector1952 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 Sep 2016 Location: RI Online Status: Offline Posts: 64	Posted: 18 Jul 2021 at 2:56pm
	Had an issue with my 2017 rpod 179 wheel bearing, started smoking..bought a drum kit had a mechanic put it on..200 miles later that drunk kit started smoking. Now stuck in NJ...possibly an axel? Which one?
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