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04-29-2015, 12:32 PM | #14 |
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Name: Gardnpondr Trailer: 1985 BigFoot G
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Wow thank you guys!!!! I just love this place! You guys are so nice and love how you help. One day maybe I can do the same when I learn some stuff about the camper. Oh yeah we will be replacing everything that needs replacing. That could get very dangerous and I'm not a dare devil in the least. I want it fixed and I want it fixed right. I noticed someone on another thread was talking about checking the lug nuts when you let someone else do it, oh yeah check em for sure because hubby didn't check them on the truck one time when he took it in for something. It was on the front and I was driving and thank goodness I was driving slow IN town when I kept feeling something weird in the steering wheel. Got out to check the tires and the lug nuts were almost all the way off the thing! Thank goodness there was a tire place across from where I was so I eased over there and let them tighten them for me. They didn't even charge me.
OK I have a couple questions though, this is a double axle 1985 Bigfoot so that kit someone posted the link for at NAPA is the item # I would get? Or are they all different? Just wanted to make sure and get the right kit when we get started on this project. Or do we just take the guts so to speak out of the wheel and take them to NAPA so they can see what we need? Also where would I find the grease caps? I guess NAPA would have those as well? Someone gave us what we wanted on an old ragged out camper and it has white spoke rims so hubby is going to get those and the sway bar and some other things. So he's going to swap out the rims with these white ones. |
04-29-2015, 12:38 PM | #15 |
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Don't think you can go wrong taking the old parts with you to have them replaced saves on anyone second guessing what may or may not have been on the trailer originally vs what someone may have put on it since.
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04-29-2015, 07:37 PM | #16 |
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04-30-2015, 03:36 AM | #17 | |
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Name: Frank Trailer: 2012 ParkLiner #006
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By the way, I don't use the grease that comes in those kits. I use Lucas Red & Tacky. Great stuff. You never want to mix greases! If you can, take one hub off, remove the outer bearing (that's the easy one), flip the hub, remove the seal as carefully as you can, get the rear bearing out, run those three parts over to NAPA and ask if they have a kit for your axle. It won't take them long, or it shouldn't. If they do have a kit, you need two of them. Feel free to ask any questions. This is really an easy job. Just take your time. Also, I agree with folks here who suggest you just buy new brake assemblies. Usually you can easily figure out what you need just by measuring the width of the shoes, and the diameter of the drum. Usually I get all new stuff, including new drums when I have an old trailer with brakes. I want good brakes! Best of luck to ya! Frank
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04-30-2015, 06:27 AM | #18 |
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Name: bob Trailer: 1996 Casita 17 Spirit Deluxe; 1946 Modernistic teardrop
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Does NAPA have kits for the Dexter axles that use a lock tab instead of a cotter pin
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04-30-2015, 06:35 AM | #19 | |
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Name: Frank Trailer: 2012 ParkLiner #006
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They just moved from their old Central Avenue location to 20 Kairnes St # 1 in Albany. Their # is 453-5422. Good luck! Frank
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04-30-2015, 07:06 AM | #20 |
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Not mentioned is that when you replace damaged/worn bearings that you also need to replace the races, (the parts that stay in the hub). While the old ones can be knocked with a drift punch, the new ones should be pressed (not driven) into place. If you don't have a press, most real auto supply stores do, and will usually press them in for a few $$ Ditto for the new grease seals.
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