Komet trailer wheel bearings

On Feb 2, 6:25*pm, Papa3 wrote:
On Feb 2, 4:08*pm, wrote:





On Feb 2, 8:05*am, Papa3 wrote:

On Feb 1, 2:09*pm, Dan wrote:

anyone ever re-packed the whell bearings on a Komet trailer?
I don't know when this was last done on my trailer but I'm thinking
it's something I should do this winter.

Dan

Coming in a little late, but...

Nothing to it. *I did mine several times when I owned my old (circa
1981) Komet. * It was about an hour to maybe an hour and a half to
finish both sides. *Pull the wheel. *Pry off the cap. * Unpin the
castelated nut. *Loosen nut. * Pull the hub.

Was there something specific that got you wondering?

Regards,
Erik Mann
LS8-18 P3

Aren't you going to need a replacement inner seal? In order to get the
bearing out of the hub, the seal needs to get pulled. I don't know
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IIRC, I was able to punch out the seal using a custom built "bearing
removal impact application device"; i.e. I turned a piece of scrap to
the right diameter to fit the inner bearing race and apply force
uniformly. * I could be confusing this one with a Shroeder that I also
worked on... *I'll have to go look at my old notebook where I wrote
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Thanks to all for the help.
I re-packed the bearings and put new rubber on the trailer this
weekend.
The bearings were not the sealed type so it was good to check them and
re-grease them.
All set to go for many more miles.
Dan Rihn
WO