On the last trip I made I made my customary check of the hubs before I launch, I noticed the left one was warm to touch which wasn't bad but the right one was cold. OH,OH. This need further investigation. Well today with nothing better to do after eating all those ribs, beans, and tator salad, I decided to pull that hub.
Well it was well greased and no water inside, so far so good. Knocked out the inner bearing and seal and then washed the two bearings. Once I got most of the grease off I could see that the races were discolored. OK, a sign of overheating. I knocked out the races and got the new ones out of the tool box. Well what do you know, outer was right but the inner was wrong. Now I bought these 8 years ago when the boat was new and never had to used them. A good thing I found out that one wasn't right before I left the yard.
I measured all the sizes and took the old bearing with me to the parts store. They got out the ones that was suppose to be the ones, but the outer bearing wasn't right. The ID was too small to fit over the axle. After a couple of tries she was telling us that those were the only ones she had, when my son who was with me and had done parts work for years, asked her if she had another one with the same number as the one that didn't fit. She did and brought it to the front and It fit. The other by the same number was in the wrong box. Thank God for smart sons, who would've thought. Same problem with the seal but we finally got the right one. Good thing I had my calipers from my machining days.
Brought everything home, packed the bearing, installed them, put on the bearing buddy and greased them good. I then put on the dust cap, aired up the tire and put it on. Now it's ready to go.
Tomorrow or the next day I will pull the other one just to be safe as I have bought spares if I need them. If not they will go into the tool box until needed. At least this time I know I have the right ones.
I may be pulling my boat to D'Arbonne and I want it right before I leave. I remember Shadow have a problem a few years back and I never want to face that if I don't have to.
"gene"

