Well I had trailered the boat about 10 miles. More than enough time for the temps to normalize. The one I said was cold was at room temp or as this was outside I guess it was outside temp. Which means when I touched it it wasn't hotter or colder than my hand. On the other hand the one that was warm wasn't to hot to touch, as that would have been very bad, but rather it was warm to my touch. Like someone running a low grade fever.

Now the one I replaced a week or so back was the warm one. It had a very small piece of steel on the race that was being rolled over by each bearing roller on each revolution. That piece of steel was being pounded into the race and possibly chipping away at the rollers. What ever, it made it warm to the touch.

The one I replaced today was the cold one or the one that felt room temp. The corrosion I showed the picture of was not bad enough to cause the bearing to overheat, It was mostly stains cause by water sitting on the race. Running it like that it wouldn't be too long or too many miles before it started getting warm also. At what point would it give way. I'm not willing to find out.

By the way JR can I have a point or two back for being frugal.
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