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Another breakdown? Yep, this time the wheel bearings on the DRV. At least we get to fix it from an amazing location.
Fulltime RVing is fun but definitely comes with its own challenges. Let’s dig in and get this rig back on the road.
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Absolutely LOVE these “hands on” repair/maintenance videos. I know you gotta mix it up with some other content, but I hope you continue to also post these hands on projects. You do absolutely beautiful job with the camera work and narrative.
I have replaced more bearings than I can remember and I still watched. Glad you caught it early. Maggie is sure cute.
Well...thanks for watching anyway LOL Safe Travels
First video of bearing failure and proper care,love this
From one vet to another,thanks for your service
Good thing it happened close to your Boondocking place,plus having the parts and the expertise to fix it on the spot. Hope you all make it to your destination without having any more problems, be safe.
I carry all the inner & outer bearings with races & seals, spindle nut, cotter pins, dust cap & Lug nuts, for all my axles with the tools need stored in an ammo can for things like what you had to do. I always have grease and grease gun on the trips. Thank you for your Service.
That is a great idea. Thanks for sharing George. Safe Travels
Good video and reminder to keep a spare set and have them greased and ready to go. Safe travels
I've since learned that some RVers carry them pre-greased in an ammo can ready to go. I thought that was brilliant. :) Thanks for checking out the video. Safe Travels
Oh boy Aaron. First off what a great video for always check your brakes and bearings. I was raised on my dad doing this every year on the Campers and boat trailers. He had to chip a race off a camper spindle in 100 degree heat once. Never again. Timken bearings!!! A thousand times yes without a second thought. We even rebuild our hubs on the vette that sees racing duty with Timken parts. Have used them for all our offroad jeeps for years. Totally worth the slight cost over the cheap stuff. I was holding my breath when you said you didn't have races and the rear seal was not looking too hot. Again watching you there is no wasted motion. Great video and great job sir!! A perfect video on why you carry spare parts and tools if one can. This stuff never seems to break in town or near anyone with the right parts in stock!! So good to see Tina and Maggie. Wonderful video work Tina!! - Paul & Julie
Tina says thanks :) She was my understudy for the day but dont tell her that LOL
My favorite bearing story is.. one day a good friend of mine showed up at my house just about dark and asked if I could look at his truck. The front right wheel was making a funny noise as he drove. Out at the driveway, and I kid you not even one little bit, I walked around the front of the truck and all I could see was the end of the spindle, where the little hub cap would be, and it was just a red ball. The bearing was fully seized on the spindle and no way to get it off. Cutting torch, sledge hammerand a lot of cussing later and we got it apart. I as shocked he didnt have a fire.
Safe Travels
I see Maggie is a great supervisor lol. gosh I love her!
She makes sure I do everything right. 😁 She's almost 6 so she's inspecting my work while laying down more often LOL. Safe Travels
@@JonesN2Travel lolol love it!
Your video is really the reality of owning an RV. In your case, you had the parts and the know-how to get back on the road. Good job and yes, I like the content!!
Thanks for checking out the video. Safe Travels
Good job! Good advice, my DRV 38RSSA are oil bath and as part of my pre trip inspection I check for leaks around the rear as well as the front sealed caps. They all leak some and it’s not hard to tell when they need replacing Some people replace the seals every 2 years, some only when they start to leak. I change them out when I notice more than normal leakage. A few drops or more will causes a dry stream to form. Nonetheless oil gets changed every 20,000 miles or every 2 years. A couple of spare parts is never a bad idea thanks for the advice! Glad you guys are safe and well, God Bless and safe travels 🙏🏽
Hi Ismael. Thanks for checking out the video and thanks for sharing your experience. I've never dealt with oil bath axles on an RV but sounds like they work well. Safe Travels
Nice training video, I doubt to many of the younger Rvers would know how to do a fix like that. Great content and old school bearing packing is the best way to pack them. Safe travels.
It really isnt that hard but I agree, most probably didnt even know there are bearings in there. LOL Safe Travels
Tip, use a pry bar under the tire when reinstalling onto hub. Makes trying to line up studs to rim so easy and your not lifting the weight of rim and tire assembly.
Great tip. Thanks Mike. Safe Travels:)
I've done many semi's trucks and trailers. Doing drive axles are fun aswell.
I know its basically the same but those big axles aref intimidating :) Safe Travels
Definitely lucky, glad you had everything to fix it. I just upgraded to a toy hauler and will be checking the bearings in that before we take off this summer. Living in the country we grew up learning to take care of bearings due to hauling cattle and hay.
Hi Kevin. That's where I learned a lot, having to fix the junk we had to get things done :) Safe Travels
Enjoyed the video an yes I carry enough parts to rebuild just about everything touch wood so far luck I did not have to rebuild bearings yet
Hey Dave. That's great news but be prepared that day too will come LOL Safe Travels
Man, I am so glad that you had the spare parts on hand. That was a Godsend.
I always try to carry spares but yes, I had just ordered the bearings so I was ready :) Safe Travels
I literally just replaced all 4 tires on my camper. While the wheels and tires were at the tire shop I service all my wheel bearings and wet bolt. It’s a good thing you were prepared on the road to make the repairs.
Niiiice, that'sthe perfecttime to doallthat I would say :) We try to be prepared as miuch as we can. Safe Travels
Great informational video...just missing the Torque Wrench! I carry one as you never know when you need it!
Hi Dan, I carry 3 LOL just didnt show the final torque in the video, sorry about that. Safe Travels
@@JonesN2Travel No worries, but torquing the bolts is proably one of the most important steps...so I wanted to mention it.
Wow! What nice scenery for a boondocking spot. You are the only ones out there too! That must have been nice. Glad Maggie was loving it.
Yeah, Maggie loved it. :) Safe Travels
Great save. Hope you guys are doing well.
Great job. Jarhead is an RV tech and we paid someone to do our bearings. 😂
Sometimes it pays to do these things yourself and sometimes it doesnt :) Safe Travels
I found a cracked hub on my fith wheel this year when I took everything apart to repack them.
Hi Nathan. Glad you discovered it before disaster struck :) Safe Travels
Nice job,, Glad you had a spare I'm sure !! ; )
Hi Kenny. Its always a good idea to carry spares :) Safe Travels
It's good to be handy when you live in an RV! I liked seeing Maggie having fun in the desert. 😀 Tango and Murdock never got used to laying in the desert sand. We got to Colorado yesterday and they found grass at a rest stop. They plopped down and didn't want to leave! 😄
Maggie has just refcently gotten to where she'll lay in the dirt. Maybe shes just getting tiredin her old age LOL Safe Travels and give Tango, Murdock and Audrie Cricket a pat in the head for us :)
Tip #1..use oil bath bearing. Tip #2 Install KOYO bearing. They supply high-performance bearings for F1 & Indy cars !! Most bearings you buy today are imported !! even Timken !!
Sorry to you had bearing problems but I’m glad you were able to fix it yourself Aaron. Great job! Hope you were able get the rest of them fixed after you got to your destination. Maggie sure did love laying in the dirt and she loves to play ball. That’s so cute. Hope all the wheels are good to go. Hope you have a great weekend and week. Safe travels.
Hi Sherri. We were able to get the rest of them swapped out so no issues there. :) Safe Travels
Aaron please wear safety glasses. We all care about you guys, and want you to be safe out there. Maintenance is very important. Great video.
Hi Barry, Thanks for the kind words. I will be safer next time :) Safe Travels
Great job! So glad you have the knowledge to do the work! I would have had to have someone come do it for me. Good to see Miss Maggie again! Safe travels.
Hi Joe. Really not terribly difficulty just very messy LOL Safe Travels
Always something to fix. Never ends.
Yes Sir, You are correct :) Safe Travels
Always something to fix, never ends. Preload on the bearing is very important.
Yes, very important. Safe Travels
Those bearings in the box really prevented the problem. No Grand PA would have done the maintenance before he left. Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. 😥😥🤔🤔 like a box of rocks.
Thanks for checking out the video. Safe Travels
Make sure you you utilize wheel bearing grease and NOT chassis grease. Wheel bearing grease is a long fiber and has a higher pressure point.
Hi Rick. Great point. Different greases purposely made for different applications. :) Safe Travels
Glad y’all were able to get that repaired on your terms
Yes, Made things so much less stressful and a great video opportunity LOL. Safe Travels
Man Aaron you sure got lucky that tire could have blown and man that could have been awful thank the good Lord you made it there safe wish you guys safe travels from Rick and Pam from southern Ohio at Big Bear Creek family campground
Hi Rick. It could always be worse and I agree, shredding it out on the open road would have been baaaad! :) Safe Travels
You did a great job. If you'd had to, you probably could have just removed the wheel and limped to a repair shop using only 2 tires on that side, maybe shifting weight inside the coach/storage to the side with 3 tires, and/or toward the front to move some weight from the wheels to the hitch, to help a little too.
In 2001, a wheel bearing went out on the trailer behind our safari vehicle in the middle of nowhere in Zambia. Of course the safari company had spare bearings, and the guides were half-decent mechanics. While the rest of the tourists (including my two young teens) took a walk, the more mechanically inclined guide and I replaced the bearing, and the other guide was our gofer for tools and lookout for wildlife.
In the late 1970s while studying mechanical engineering, Timken provided our entire mechanical design class with a bearing selection book which of course included a catalog with specs for all their bearings. Their tapered roller bearings really are top-notch bearings. I reconfirmed that after I started having front left bearing problems in a 2003 Olds minivan. Mechanics all swore they replaced it with the genuine GM part, or a "great made in USA part", but in fact all probably used $35 Chinese crap off ebay. Finally I bought the Timkens myself in their hologram-sealed orange boxes, and replaced them myself. No more bearing problems! I kicked myself for not having done that the first time.
They are easily worth what they cost, about 4x the price of the cheapest bearing that looks fine but is inferior. For anyone who doesn't do the labor themselves, and even if you buy and provide the part yourself to a mechanic, I'd advise not taking your eyes off the Timken bearing from the minute the box is unsealed, until you drive the vehicle away repaired. They are like gold, and a shady mechanic will swap it for a cheap one like a magician replacing your Rolex with a TImes, the second you're not watching.
Oh man, I am so gald you shared all that awesome info. I agree with 100% of what you siad. If a bearing from over the pond is $9.99 on Amazon and the Timkin is $20 that should tell you somethign about quality. :) Safe Travels
So glad you had a bearing set with you. Maggie doesn’t seem too concerned about the whole thing.
Maggie was just worried that something might interupt her leisure time LOL Safe Travels
exactly. As long as I get my tennis ball time in I'm good. Lol
Good video 😀
Thanks for cehcking out the video Stephen, Safe Travels :)
Glad you had spare set of bearings we always carry a spare set.
Always good to be prepared. :) Safe Travels
Hey Aaron, if you guys want to swing through Bryce Valley (Cannonville) on your way … we have 3 soft starts and 2 Fantastic Fan vent covers to get installed. 🙂 Glad it didn’t catch on fire or cause a blowout and rig damage.
Hi Ken. Would love to help you with your soft starts and fans but we probably wont beback through Utah until late fall. Safe Travels
Had mine go out in July 4th weekend! a couple of years ago in Wasilla Alaska! Burned a d destroyed everything 😳 Took 18hours to get a tow. Destroyed the back bumper putting the trailer on the flatbed.(took vidoe of the whole ordeal) Insurance reimbursed! Dragged the trailer for 15 yards while putting it on the flatbed 😬 Luckily a garage mechanic was at trailer craft a d overheard everything a d fixed ours with a new axle in 2 days! Did I mention Alaka hotels get very hot when it's 93 degrees out.
.a d the clerk at the front desk didn't inform us there was NO AC in the room...so we paid for a room that we didn't use...and slept in the truck! Thanks God for AC! Safe travels!
I am so thankful to have this happen just as we stopped for the day. Sounds like you had a great time in Wassilla LOL Safe Travels
I like this video. Good content and some great tips. An extra bearing set is excellent advice. You didn't mention it in this video, but those heavy duty battery impact wrenches should be considered for anyone who would replace a tire/rim, or for that someone who may be kind enough to do it for them. In my wrench case, I ensure I include the correct size deep impact-tough sockets for all wheels on all vehicles.
Hi Bob. Excellent point about the impact. I never imagined that they would work as well as they do. No more tire iron for me too lol. Thanks for checking out the video. Safe Travels
It was good to watch you repair and replace your bearing how many rv's carry spare parts or even know how to repair them great job 👍
Thanks Stephen. Hopefully others can learn from our misfortune. Always carry a small assortment of common parts like bearings. Even if you are handing them to a mobile tech, he/she might not have them in stock to help when you need it. :) Safe Travels
Yep your comments of “I should of done it my self”. Exactly what Troy said when we were in Indiana and found a bad bearing…Aaron do you check your axels with a laser? Or solely depend on the tpms for temperature monitoring? Also what made you check it? Was tire leaning?
I do check them with the laser thermometer on occasion. When I turned into the area where we stopped I noticed, in the mirror, a slight wobble in the tire. Once we parked it was much worse. We were just lucky that it happend soon before we stopped. Safe Travels
Great video! Had the same thing happen to our rv. You got lucky, you have disc brakes and the caliper held the hub on the axle. Mine was drum brakes and the wheel got ejected from rv and I had some minor body damage and the axle had to be replaced. I had stopped less than 10 miles before it happened to fill up with fuel and walked around and felt all the tires and there was any signs the tire was crooked or grease running out of hub cap. The alarm temp on the wheel that fell off didnt go off until I was walking down the road to find it. The air temp of the tire didnt go up until after the damage was done. I hope you made it to your next stop without the other wheel bearing going bad on the wheel you saw a little grease on.
Yes, we made it without any further incidents. Thank goodness. :) Safe Travels
Very nice content, thank you for sharing! 🧡
Thanks for checking out the video. Safe Travels
I actually thought your Fullhouse had the Morryde IS system.
It really should have had it from teh factory but that was an option. In my opinion any fifth wheel over 15k should have IS as standard equipment. Thanks for checking out the video. Safe Travels
Lessons !
When ordering the RV ,get the correct bearings and all vital equipment installed new at factory,or tell them no deal
Consider oil filled hubs
Check more often
Consider upgraded suspension systems
Look at prepacking the bearings and store in sealed container,if you get a emergency install they are ready to go .
After installing,and some miles on new bearings,recheck while they are hot and see if they tighten up or not
A good drop sheet would be an essential item for working on the sand
And also check your brakes are not binding causing extra heat build up ,as this can force the seals to let grease out and also spatter on the brake disc.
Use a digital thermometer tool to check randomly your hubs and brakes
But you did well with what you had and you know what your doing ,many don't .
If working with an RV dealership was really that easy LOL Thanks for all your advice. Safe Travels
Aaron, wow talk about the good Lord watching out for you guys. Will be ordering Dexter axles except I'm putting oil bathed bearings like on commercial trailers. That way I can always look at the bearing and you can never over grease them.
We have had to replace the whole hub, races and the spindle once on a semi trailer. The ironic thing is we drove over a thousand miles with just grease packed into the hub because someone busted the sight glass. But we got the load delivered.
Safe travels and roads Brian and Cindy, "xtreambydesign with passion"
Hey Brian. Where there's a will there's usually a way LOL and we're not anywhere close to commercial wweights. Safe Travels
@@JonesN2Travel True, but I think they will be lower maintenance in the long run. Commercial trailers run thousands of miles before we do any major maintenance on them.
Perfect example of why men should know how to do some of this mechanical stuff. It’s not hard, just messy but very important. I’m not sure what caused your failure but I’m not a fan of buddy bearings because just shooting grease into here without inspecting them you could miss a problem.
Agrred 100%. Safe Travels
not everyone carry's extra bearings, lucky for you. do not put off today that you can always do in the middle of the desert.
What I have trouble to understand is that you have the spare parts to repair ! 🇨🇦
Yes, I am a mobile RV Tech. Thanks for watching. Safe Travels
Hi , from Phil and Ann , I would
Stock two loaded hubs and two
Springs, safe travels mabe
Quartzsite next year?
Hi Phil and Ann. Not a bad idea at all. We may or may not be in Quartzsite next year we'l just have to wait and see what happens :) Safe Travels
We are heading to camp Verde
To switch to our class c then
Some medical procedure in
Kansas for Annie will keep you posted ,
I just saw your video now - and I wanna thank you very much for (in my case) reminding those of us with campers to have a spare set (or three) of bearings etc., when the time may come where it's necessary to change them out.. I literally just made a shopping list for bearings, seals and races for our Fuzion. How long have you had your coach? And (roughly) how many miles have you put on it? I've watched many of your videos and I want to offer my sympathy for all the troubles that have befallen you over the last year or so..
Hi Lee, we;ve had this coach for just ocver two years, put approximately 30k miles on it in that time. Thanks for the well wishes. Thanks for being aloyal viewer :) Safe Travels
@@JonesN2Travel Great info... TU sir!!!
Good you know shit! Most don't!
Hi Larry, I try my best to know how to get it put back together. :) Safe Travels
No offense please but what in the world is so beautiful about a dusty desert
Southern Utah is one of the most beautiful places on earth, that is why 5 National Parks reside there. :) Safe Travels
One either loves the stark contrast of the desert or you don’t. I grew up in Minnesota with lots of green, but I love the desert. It’s unique and different.
The desert has it's own unique beauty. Sorry that it's lost on some.
Would not have liked to see a pro s bill for coming out to you and do that job , it pays to be able to do simple jobs . Good tip is whenever you go in a workshop always watch how they do things , most jobs are so simple but can save you rely big cash., treat yourself to a good range of tools its a good investment long term.
Can you imagine if you had no clue! $ 1500 fix!
At the very least, maybe more with a hefty mobile tech call out fee LOL Safe Travels
Those Chinese bearings should be replaced before 10,000 mi new timkin races and bearings greased at proper intervals will last 50,000 mi I learned the hard way every one should check there bearings if they say right there on the side made in China get them replaced or this will happen to you!!!!!!
Thanks for the video this will save people a lot of misery if they listen
Hi Curt. Thanks for reaffirming that. Yes folks, learn from our misfortune, this will happen to you at some point if you travel enough :) Safe Travels