new to us 7 year old 5th wheel. "just to be safe" had new tires and wheel bearing service at my usual tire place before leaving home. 1700 miles later as we were nearing my daughters place a trailer wheel caught fire and almost fell off. got the fire out and into a restaurant parking lot just a few minutes from our destination. EXTREME good luck the restaurant was ok with camper staying in their parking lot for several days so no towing required. turned out the cotter pin to secure the wheel bearing castle nut had never been installed. took a day to make a plan which included a replacement of the axle as the spindle was damaged and the inner bearing races were pretty much welded to the axle from heat. (I thought the axle was salvagable but the service tech and the guy at the axle place all thought that was a bad idea.) Owner of my usual tire place at home said he'd cover costs. Lippert parts for hub and brakes assy ordered thursday. new axle supposed to be installed today. hopeful at this point (monday morning.) we were planning on a 4 day stop here at my daughters so if this is resolved today we're only delayed 1 day vs. schedule.
for a hobby I had a small 18ah lithium battery along. was able to use this as a charger to keep the camper battery up so camper reefer didn't have to be unloaded.
wondering how a 5th wheel with a bad axle/wheel bearing would be towed.
for a hobby I had a small 18ah lithium battery along. was able to use this as a charger to keep the camper battery up so camper reefer didn't have to be unloaded.
wondering how a 5th wheel with a bad axle/wheel bearing would be towed.