My wheel fell off!

[Stick-in-it]

I am learning the joys of boat onwnership right out of the gate!

So I am headed back from the lake on Saturday and I notice that my boat is sitting funny on the trailer. I get it home and see that my drivers side leaf spring snapped in half! I was able to find a replacement Sunday morning and repalce it, I then headed out fishing. I drive aprox. 100mile to the lake and back and 50yards from my house my wheel falls off hub and all! I was able to prop the wheel back on the axle to limp it into my garage. The axle is done.

Here's my question; aprox. how much should a axle & hubs for 98' 187 cost? and any suggestions on where to get the best deal on one.

Really any advice would be welcomed.

Thanks

[boogerbuttbaits]

call easy loader in Mountain Home Ark. They made it to start with.

[Tx Champ]

Actually a 98 trailer would have been made by Dri Doc. Unfortunately, they are no longer in business. Contact Lyn O dyer on the towing forum, he can put you in touch with the right person.

[Dspchamy]

Waymires Discount Hitches waymires.com
(317) 635-4448

They supply almost the entire industry with axels and brakes call them and they will give you all your options. Save the middle man mark up and go straight to the distributor.

[champ223]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Tx Champ &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Actually a 98 trailer would have been made by Dri Doc. Unfortunately, they are no longer in business. Contact Lyn O dyer on the towing forum, he can put you in touch with the right person.</td></tr></table>

Correct and they where known to break springs. At least the single leaf ones where.

[csmetreyeon]

I want to say some time back there was a big ordeal about recalls on those leafs if i remember right!

[Royjulius]

That sux man. You just bought that boat. Hope you get her fixed up!!

[Stick-in-it]

Well I got it fixed. It cost $500bucks! I couldn't find anyone who had the an exact replacement. Because of the the shock mounts everywhere I went they told me they would have to have it made and it was going to take two-three weeks and cost 4-5 hundred plus tax and freight. I finally found a shop to weld on a new spindle. The 500 was for cutting off the old spindle and welding on the new one plus new hubs, bearings, bearing buddy's for both sides. So I have for the most part new axle but I get to go fishing this weekend!

All in all this was a $#ity experience, I was told not to use the bearing buddy's because you can blow out the back seal and that is what most likely what caused it to happen in the first place.

[Royjulius]

What do they say to use instead of B Buddy's?

[Stick-in-it]

Just to pull the hub and repack the bearings once a year.

[Champ203]

Be sure to replace the other leaf spring especially if its a single leaf!

[Tx Champ]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by csmetreyeon &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">I want to say some time back there was a big ordeal about recalls on those leafs if i remember right!</td></tr></table>

There is a link to a thread about the Dri Doc spring recall in my Links to other ChampioN pages on BBC & Useful Info thread pinned near the top of the forum page. There is also information there for the TI recall.

[Stick-in-it]

I did change the other leaf spring. The madin voyage is tomorrow! we will see how it goes!

[HaulinBass]

Fine line between not enough grease in a BB and too much. Some don't know that you can't just keep pumping the grease until the blue ring pops out. Done without thinking, they can blow a seal. Sometimes you have to rock the blue ring with your finger when you fill it