Re: Mechanic-ing The Farm Shop Goose Neck Trailer

On 3/11/2024 3:16 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:

On 3/11/2024 1:34 PM, Leon Fisk wrote:

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:31:23 -0700
Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> wrote:
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I said screw it and ordered some 6K drop axles as close as I could find
to length with "loose" (weld on yourself) spring seats.   The suggested
spring center for that axle is an inch wider than my spring centers, but
I can't imagine it will hurt anything if I weld them on 1/2 inch closer
together.

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Decisions like that usually sit-better-with-me if I've had time to do
some research and find the alternatives aren't so good. You'll feel
better about using it once done knowing what's underneath and parts are
currently available🙂
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 I was just looking at the one brake hub I still had, and its broken. Looks like about 3/4 of the way around in front of the hub.  It also looks like it is not one piece like a lot of the trailer brake hubs.  It looks like there is a joint, and I may be able to unbolt it from the hub so I can continue to use the hub without it for a plane axle application.  The bearings and seals (substitutes) are still available, but that's about it.
 I went ahead and ordered new seals for both old axles so I can repack the bearings and use them on other projects.  One is to convert an old utility bed into a utility trailer.  Not that I need it, but sometimes I help out friends, and it would be nice to not have to fill my truck up with tools and unload everything when I do.  One of those axles will be great for that.  Then just leave duplicate tools in that, and keep it locked up.
 

I'm not sure if this is genius or stupid.  The lug bolts are pressed through the drum, and then through the hub.  Basically it is pinning them together.  It makes them functionally like the more modern one piece drum-hubs used on utility trailers.  It looks like one of the cracks may have originated in the lug bolt hole, but I won't know for sure until I get them out.
I really shouldn't be wasting time messing with it, but my curiosity sent me down the rabbit hole...
... the drum is now removed, but the lugs are still stuck in place. Amazing what you can do with a hammer and a cold chisel.  I haven't tried heat yet.  The old school lug nut and a hammer did nothing. Figured I'd circle all the lugs with Kroil over night and see if that helps.  Then probably over to the 20 ton press tomorrow.
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