Thread: How Hot is Too Hot

They gonna be warm at 60 MPH…and they gonna be almost too hot to touch at 70 MPH. In the summer when driving the interstate at 70…the wheel on the sun side of the road will get too hot to touch. The wheel on the shade side will just be hot. I am religious about taking care of wheel bearings and I have never had an issue. I put about 18 thousand miles a year on my trailer at interstate speeds. Never had an issue in 7 years. I sold my boat last month and the guy that bought it drove 2400 miles to get it and towed it back with no issues at all. I know a lot of folks who have had issues…and everyone of them never did any maintenance at all on their bearings. I think you’ll be fine.

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

They gonna be warm at 60 MPH…and they gonna be almost too hot to touch at 70 MPH. In the summer when driving the interstate at 70…the wheel on the sun side of the road will get too hot to touch. The wheel on the shade side will just be hot. I am religious about taking care of wheel bearings and I have never had an issue. I put about 18 thousand miles a year on my trailer at interstate speeds. Never had an issue in 7 years. I sold my boat last month and the guy that bought it drove 2400 miles to get it and towed it back with no issues at all. I know a lot of folks who have had issues…and everyone of them never did any maintenance at all on their bearings. I think you’ll be fine.

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Thanks buddy!


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used to run a small tire trailer back when all over the place , lots of factors like stated can cause them to be warm , hot to the touch isnt a good thing in most cases ,but it can occur even when everything is in good shape .

They will be warm. Especially with small wheels and tires like those, the smaller they are, the faster the hub is turning.

Two words- bearing buddies.

Originally Posted by Atimm693

They will be warm. Especially with small wheels and tires like those, the smaller they are, the faster the hub is turning.

and most folks don't know if them lil bias ply tires are not radials , they have a top speed of 55 or so ,beyond that they tend to bounce

Appreciate everyone’s response. Maybe I’ll put some bearing buddies on at some point.


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[QUOTE=Slab Apprentice;4302009]Appreciate everyone’s response. Maybe I’ll put some bearing buddies on at some point.


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try to find radials, not sure if possible , BUT if its a 4 hole 14 , you can get adapters/hubs to make it a 5 hole 15 and THEN you can find a pair of cheap radials ,,,,,just saying