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I've been on the road with the family for the last week. We are trailer camping across Eastern Canada. Yes, I said "trailer"... 
:barf: a 10foot pop-up to be exact. Anyway, a few hours into one of the legs of our journey, a wheel bearing on the trailer disintegrated. We are about 30-40km away from the closest town and in an empty parking lot. I get the hub off but find that the rear bearing race is fused to the axel. After messing with it for 30 minutes with a hammer and grips I come to the conclusion that I need something strong flat and sharp to separate the race from the back shoulder and create a gap to start working it of the axel. My big-ass knife should do the trick! The alternative would have been to call a flatbed tow truck to haul it to the closest garage. At 4pm, I don't think it would have been looked at until the next day. Besides, I am the maker, right?... I make up the warranty clauses. It's covered as far as I'm concerned.
:thumbup: It held up well and got the job done. The race was separated enough to start wedging in bigger screwdrivers and prybars. It took 3hrs to remove it and install new bearings. My wife took the kids(6&9) to the nearest parts store(45min drive) to get bearings and grease. The whole delay was just under 5hrs. The alternative would have been to call a flatbed tow truck to haul it to the closest garage. At 4pm, I don't think it would have been looked at unti
A few minutes on a stone and it was shaving sharp.
Rick
Here is a video. Notice my diamond studded sunglasses... only manly men can pull off that look.:thumbup: My wife lent me her shades so I wouldn't catch a steel chip in the eye. Doesn't she realize that I don't harden my knives?
NO CHIPS THAT WAY
[video=youtube;pk9INNZiHVE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk9INNZiHVE[/video]
:barf: a 10foot pop-up to be exact. Anyway, a few hours into one of the legs of our journey, a wheel bearing on the trailer disintegrated. We are about 30-40km away from the closest town and in an empty parking lot. I get the hub off but find that the rear bearing race is fused to the axel. After messing with it for 30 minutes with a hammer and grips I come to the conclusion that I need something strong flat and sharp to separate the race from the back shoulder and create a gap to start working it of the axel. My big-ass knife should do the trick! The alternative would have been to call a flatbed tow truck to haul it to the closest garage. At 4pm, I don't think it would have been looked at until the next day. Besides, I am the maker, right?... I make up the warranty clauses. It's covered as far as I'm concerned.:thumbup: It held up well and got the job done. The race was separated enough to start wedging in bigger screwdrivers and prybars. It took 3hrs to remove it and install new bearings. My wife took the kids(6&9) to the nearest parts store(45min drive) to get bearings and grease. The whole delay was just under 5hrs. The alternative would have been to call a flatbed tow truck to haul it to the closest garage. At 4pm, I don't think it would have been looked at untiA few minutes on a stone and it was shaving sharp.
Rick
Here is a video. Notice my diamond studded sunglasses... only manly men can pull off that look.:thumbup: My wife lent me her shades so I wouldn't catch a steel chip in the eye. Doesn't she realize that I don't harden my knives?
NO CHIPS THAT WAY[video=youtube;pk9INNZiHVE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk9INNZiHVE[/video]
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