I do not remember my successes as much as I remember my failures or near failures. I always learned something when things didn't go as planned. Thanks for the quick tutorial on changing out the trailer wheel bearings. I will be doing that this spring on my tiny utility trailer. Take care, stay well and have a great week ahead.
Its the adventures that you actually come back from that become your great memories. If you don't come back, your adventure becomes someone else's lesson.
"Life is lived changing the bearings on the side of the highway" - while he changes the bearings now so he doesn't have to change the bearings on the side of the highway 😂
I was wondering the same thing. I said to myself “why grease them then if you’d really prefer the challenge of doing this on the side of the road at night, in the rain and with traffic streaming past at 100kph.”
An ounce of prevention or so the saying goes. 1990's, coworker buys motor home, low miles, but a driveway queen. Original tires, stored outside for 12+ years. Purchases quad, all excited about taking it down to the Gulf of California where she and friend's camp out, go quading, fishing etc. I asked her about the tires engine and transmission fluids, coolant. You know where this is going, first tire craps out around Sacramento. Tire shop recommends replace all four which was my suggestion due to sun cracking. By the time she made it back she had all new tires (three different brands with two purchased in Mexico) new water pump, fan belts and other things I don't remember. When she got back she sold it because it wasn't reliable! I'm sure it was for the person who bought it. Oh so she bought a new RV with the maximum extended warranty. I mentioned for the sales tax alone she could have had the used RV completely gone through and updated so it be just as reliable without 7 years of payments!
So true!!! The adventures most remembered and relived are the ones that didn't go as planned. It is Always the adventure that overcomes obstacles that is remembered!!!
I know there are many ways to accomplish a single task but have not seen a bering packed with grease that way. I have always forced the grease into the bering by scooping it using the palm of my hand.
When seating bearing races, use the old one, cut a slit with an angle grinder (races are hardened)! Set the new one in place and the old one on top beat on the old one, drives in straighter and the slit keeps it from binding!
Time permitting, I like to make sure that any grease fittings are capable of have grease pumped through them before I reassemble something. Most of the times it's not a problem, but when there is a problem it usually involves disassembling everything to fix it anyway, unless I get really lucky and it's just a clogged zerk fitting.
New bearings, seales and tires...smart thinking is the best way to stay off the side of the road. It hard to watch the compressor go, I was fond of the old girl. 😢
Tony & Susan here, Funny story, driving up north in Michigan towing our boat and a car pulls up next to us to say" hay your tailer is on fire". Yes it was the bearing. Three hours later we are back on the road. always good to have some manual labor skills.
Simple video showing quite adequately the process of changing a bearing. So many people now got no bloody clue, but videos like this help to teach the skill when it's needed for those willing to have a go rather than just throwing money at it.
That's why I like to watch you Doug. There's a certain "zentitude" to your life that I like to think I apply to mine too. I'll keep this one in mind : "You can keep your boat tied to the pier so easily", in French we'd say "On ne fait pas d'omelettes sans casser des oeufs" or "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs". Kinda gets the idea. Keep it up Doug, you're always a big motivation boost and an inspiration to get your hands dirty and your ass outta the couch ^^
Working at a camp in the middle of the desert in deep deep west Texas, imagine my confusion one day, cleaning the back of the shop, when I found hidden on a shelf behind the old paint, a can, on which was printed "Boat Trailer Axle Grease" There is no water there, no water near by, the camp did not own a boat, the camp did not own a boat trailer. And yet, there it was, Boat Trailer Axle Grease.
I know I'm a year late to the party but when you grease the bearings with that grease zirc on the axle, you're supposed to keep spinning the hub/wheel or you'll blow out the rear seal.
I retired and then went over 26,000 miles on a first set of bearings on my first boat trailer and my first boat before I found out, learned, from the repair place that no more than 7,000 per set is advised before replacing bearings. The repair man was amazed at the amount I had traveled by just replacing the grease each time before each trip by elevating the tire off the ground slowly spinning the tire and constantly pumping grease until new grease was oozing out. This is part of the retirement learning experience. I am on my third set and have just replaced the bearings and am traveling 847 miles each leg for a two week trip fishing trip to Lake St. Catherine , Louisiana. I still carry a spare.
Epic trip. Bought a trailer yacht which had spent the last 30 years traveling 200 meters up the road to the ramp and back.Checked the wheel bearings 3 were good one bad. Changed it and then set off on the 130km trip home. 20km in a tire disintegrates. Its good got 2 spares. 50km in a second tire looses half it tread. Starting to panic, phone a friend 40km away to arrange to overnight there. 20km later the first spare on blows up. Ok stuck on the expressway, 3km to off ramp, put the 2nd tire which still had preasure but missing half its tread back on, then a slow 10km/hr to the off ramp. Leave the boat on someones front lawn. Back the next morning with 2 NEW tires, what can go wrong? Start off down the road in a state of deep anxiety, come to some road works there a shudder from the back , I'm a nervous wreak, my mates like "calm down you are suffering from hyper-vigilance"(he's a mental health nurse). Deep breaths pulse back to 100bpm . All good until I pull over to let cars past and the first one shouts out " Mate you lost a wheel back there". Drop the boat off , race back pick the wheel up, 2 studs missing 2 loose. Luckily the auto parts place up the road is open. 4 new studs and we finish the trip at 30km/h because I'm to scared to go any faster. NEVER trust 20 year old retreads! 4 NEW tires and now all I have to do is repeat the journey in reverse, any takers?
That compressor was much needed. I will say its much easier changing bearing races and seals with a hydraulic press. Good job of using what you had on hand.
By two sets grease them put second set in put a baggie/coffee can . Because when you the bearings you have them. I was In Tahoe it only took five days for the local parts house to come up with a set. Nice place to be stuck but inconvenient.😎
My wife was on a road trip as a kid and the throttle cable broke so being that they were not a wealthy family a string held out the window attached to the throttle body by her father got them to the nearest salvage yard and a couple hours later he had a new cable installed and they were on their way again. Its not the bumps it's how you handle with them that counts.
Righty tighty, Lefty loosy. Is what my sister wrote in the owners booklet. Then she called me 2-weeks later with a flat tire, unable to remove the flat. I told her "you wrote it in the booklet". She said "different car". 😲
Towing that air compressor across the country will be no excitement at all. The convenience of using a shop to replace the bearings is unusual enough I might just remember that instead. Most of the time I've changed them in the parking lot of a parts store, either to prevent or replace a smoking hot hub.
I don't know why you tried at first to seat that race with a 2x, should have went straight to the three quarters socket. I know that is what I mainly use mine for. You are so right about just getting out there and making memories.
Doug is confident and happy. And I wish you well in your journey, because I think everyone has the ability to become confident and happy. You're making progress when people start calling you a Narcissist. : )
I cant imagine you sitting behind the wheel, staring at horison, doing nothing but steering your boat. You'll be bored on day one, and in under a week, you'll be back at your workshop doing another project. Thats where you thrive, not on the ocean sailing.
@@AusyG 15 years of pro diving, lived on my 30footer for 4 years. Prepping now for the big voyage. What makes you think otherwise, except for your ego?
@@joskojansa1235I don't understand why you think he hasn't given this any thought. Your original comment made it sound pretty douche to assume that a man can't live on the water.
You really didn't show nothing other than taking the hub off and buying bearings and putting the hub back on you didn't really show which way the bearings go in or the guides or pain or nothing really you waste your time on this video on how to help somebody how to change
that compressor was a legend, glad its going to a new home and not over the road to the scrap heap. thanks Doug....
I do not remember my successes as much as I remember my failures or near failures. I always learned something when things didn't go as planned. Thanks for the quick tutorial on changing out the trailer wheel bearings. I will be doing that this spring on my tiny utility trailer. Take care, stay well and have a great week ahead.
Judgement comes from experiance.....Experiance comes from Bad Judgement. You gain neither by sitting around.
Or the side of the highway in Vermont on a Saturday after everything has closed until Monday.
Or in Cincinnati,-15°,800.00 later and a night in the garage parking lot!
Its the adventures that you actually come back from that become your great memories. If you don't come back, your adventure becomes someone else's lesson.
That compressor is a beast! Nice to see tools being used as intended. Look forward to seeing the ship being placed in the water.
"Life is lived changing the bearings on the side of the highway" - while he changes the bearings now so he doesn't have to change the bearings on the side of the highway 😂
I was wondering the same thing. I said to myself “why grease them then if you’d really prefer the challenge of doing this on the side of the road at night, in the rain and with traffic streaming past at 100kph.”
An ounce of prevention or so the saying goes.
1990's, coworker buys motor home, low miles, but a driveway queen. Original tires, stored outside for 12+ years. Purchases quad, all excited about taking it down to the Gulf of California where she and friend's camp out, go quading, fishing etc.
I asked her about the tires engine and transmission fluids, coolant. You know where this is going, first tire craps out around Sacramento. Tire shop recommends replace all four which was my suggestion due to sun cracking. By the time she made it back she had all new tires (three different brands with two purchased in Mexico) new water pump, fan belts and other things I don't remember. When she got back she sold it because it wasn't reliable! I'm sure it was for the person who bought it. Oh so she bought a new RV with the maximum extended warranty. I mentioned for the sales tax alone she could have had the used RV completely gone through and updated so it be just as reliable without 7 years of payments!
So true!!! The adventures most remembered and relived are the ones that didn't go as planned. It is Always the adventure that overcomes obstacles that is remembered!!!
I Have watching from the start and I must say I think you attitude and philosophy is spot on
My favorite was finding Big Al’s radiator shop. In the middle of the family vacation. He offered me a job.
I know there are many ways to accomplish a single task but have not seen a bering packed with grease that way. I have always forced the grease into the bering by scooping it using the palm of my hand.
drop the bearing in a ziplock bag and you will use half the grease and none of the mess when you grease it
What a guy! Talking away greasing but not showing seal install
Time for you to make a video.
When seating bearing races, use the old one, cut a slit with an angle grinder (races are hardened)! Set the new one in place and the old one on top beat on the old one, drives in straighter and the slit keeps it from binding!
Time permitting, I like to make sure that any grease fittings are capable of have grease pumped through them before I reassemble something. Most of the times it's not a problem, but when there is a problem it usually involves disassembling everything to fix it anyway, unless I get really lucky and it's just a clogged zerk fitting.
Oh ya I pump grease in a naked spindle
My dad always said a bearing a little to tight will last half as long as one a little to loose.
New bearings, seales and tires...smart thinking is the best way to stay off the side of the road. It hard to watch the compressor go, I was fond of the old girl. 😢
Tony & Susan here, Funny story, driving up north in Michigan towing our boat and a car pulls up next to us to say" hay your tailer is on fire". Yes it was the bearing. Three hours later we are back on the road. always good to have some manual labor skills.
....must be something about Michigan. : )
Simple video showing quite adequately the process of changing a bearing. So many people now got no bloody clue, but videos like this help to teach the skill when it's needed for those willing to have a go rather than just throwing money at it.
That's why I like to watch you Doug. There's a certain "zentitude" to your life that I like to think I apply to mine too. I'll keep this one in mind : "You can keep your boat tied to the pier so easily", in French we'd say "On ne fait pas d'omelettes sans casser des oeufs" or "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs". Kinda gets the idea. Keep it up Doug, you're always a big motivation boost and an inspiration to get your hands dirty and your ass outta the couch ^^
Working at a camp in the middle of the desert in deep deep west Texas, imagine my confusion one day, cleaning the back of the shop, when I found hidden on a shelf behind the old paint, a can, on which was printed "Boat Trailer Axle Grease" There is no water there, no water near by, the camp did not own a boat, the camp did not own a boat trailer. And yet, there it was, Boat Trailer Axle Grease.
I know I'm a year late to the party but when you grease the bearings with that grease zirc on the axle, you're supposed to keep spinning the hub/wheel or you'll blow out the rear seal.
I retired and then went over 26,000 miles on a first set of bearings on my first boat trailer and my first boat before I found out, learned, from the repair place that no more than 7,000 per set is advised before replacing bearings. The repair man was amazed at the amount I had traveled by just replacing the grease each time before each trip by elevating the tire off the ground slowly spinning the tire and constantly pumping grease until new grease was oozing out. This is part of the retirement learning experience. I am on my third set and have just replaced the bearings and am traveling 847 miles each leg for a two week trip fishing trip to Lake St. Catherine , Louisiana. I still carry a spare.
Heck we only replaced them when they started smoking. The boat trailer was the worst but that got backed into salt water most of the time.
@@SVSeeker I salt water fish only fresh water is too easy
Epic trip.
Bought a trailer yacht which had spent the last 30 years traveling 200 meters up the road to the ramp and back.Checked the wheel bearings 3 were good one bad. Changed it and then set off on the 130km trip home. 20km in a tire disintegrates. Its good got 2 spares.
50km in a second tire looses half it tread. Starting to panic, phone a friend 40km away to arrange to overnight there. 20km later the first spare on blows up. Ok stuck on the expressway, 3km to off ramp, put the 2nd tire which still had preasure but missing half its tread back on, then a slow 10km/hr to the off ramp. Leave the boat on someones front lawn.
Back the next morning with 2 NEW tires, what can go wrong? Start off down the road in a state of deep anxiety, come to some road works there a shudder from the back , I'm a nervous wreak, my mates like "calm down you are suffering from hyper-vigilance"(he's a mental health nurse). Deep breaths pulse back to 100bpm . All good until I pull over to let cars past and the first one shouts out " Mate you lost a wheel back there".
Drop the boat off , race back pick the wheel up, 2 studs missing 2 loose. Luckily the auto parts place up the road is open. 4 new studs and we finish the trip at 30km/h because I'm to scared to go any faster. NEVER trust 20 year old retreads!
4 NEW tires and now all I have to do is repeat the journey in reverse, any takers?
That compressor was much needed. I will say its much easier changing bearing races and seals with a hydraulic press. Good job of using what you had on hand.
I think I knew you back in Brownsville. I lived in McAllen, but that was like 15 years ago. I worked at HEB out there.
Wow, wise advice!
By two sets grease them put second set in put a baggie/coffee can . Because when you the bearings you have them. I was In Tahoe it only took five days for the local parts house to come up with a set. Nice place to be stuck but inconvenient.😎
My wife was on a road trip as a kid and the throttle cable broke so being that they were not a wealthy family a string held out the window attached to the throttle body by her father got them to the nearest salvage yard and a couple hours later he had a new cable installed and they were on their way again. Its not the bumps it's how you handle with them that counts.
Love it. Thanks
yea when to buy the bearing it was cheaper to by the hud itself then was for the bearings to
Enjoy your adventures prepared instead of fixing things
Dude. If you're not fixing things, how is that an adventure? : )
Journey before destination.
In the Navy we call those Sea Stories... all the times you got the sh..t scared out you or almost died.
Does chris have a YT channel? Especially like to know more about that bed on that Tacoma.
Sorry, no.
Righty tighty, Lefty loosy. Is what my sister wrote in the owners booklet. Then she called me 2-weeks later with a flat tire, unable to remove the flat. I told her "you wrote it in the booklet". She said "different car". 😲
Towing that air compressor across the country will be no excitement at all. The convenience of using a shop to replace the bearings is unusual enough I might just remember that instead. Most of the time I've changed them in the parking lot of a parts store, either to prevent or replace a smoking hot hub.
Did you fill the grease cap full of grease , no one ever does !
I don't know why you tried at first to seat that race with a 2x, should have went straight to the three quarters socket. I know that is what I mainly use mine for. You are so right about just getting out there and making memories.
...I think it's important to know that lots of things work in a pinch.
@@SVSeeker like buying a slurpee on the way home.
When will you launch she?
Aug 21st
When you have grease zerks on your hubs I think those are called "buddy hubs" or that's just a brand-name?
I have ' bearing buddy' caps w grease nipples if thats of any help
Just watching to help with the views. I changed bearings in the trailers cus PA didn't like doing it lol
Jealous you have a northern tool near you
you gotta change a few bearings to gain your bearings on lifes sitch-e-ations.
Dough the passive narcissist
Doug is confident and happy. And I wish you well in your journey, because I think everyone has the ability to become confident and happy. You're making progress when people start calling you a Narcissist. : )
*I love buildge rats*
You didn't even show taking all the pieces of the bearing out of the hub. Good grief.
There is an opportunity for you. Go make that video!
I cant imagine you sitting behind the wheel, staring at horison, doing nothing but steering your boat. You'll be bored on day one, and in under a week, you'll be back at your workshop doing another project. Thats where you thrive, not on the ocean sailing.
You've never gone sailing have you?
The work shop is going on the boat. : )
Smart move
@@AusyG 15 years of pro diving, lived on my 30footer for 4 years. Prepping now for the big voyage. What makes you think otherwise, except for your ego?
@@joskojansa1235I don't understand why you think he hasn't given this any thought. Your original comment made it sound pretty douche to assume that a man can't live on the water.
Didn't learn a thing besides stick beating? On what
You really didn't show nothing other than taking the hub off and buying bearings and putting the hub back on you didn't really show which way the bearings go in or the guides or pain or nothing really you waste your time on this video on how to help somebody how to change
Thanks for watching.