Hi Hugo
Yes & no, the pressed lip would be pointing back to centre of trailer and as you say, where the castle nut and washer would normally be keeping everything in place there is a rim that stands about 3mm high and 2mm wide,
So the bearing is rammed in from the inside “trailer side” then the lip is folded over, I couldn’t just dump the hub without having a bash at getting the casing out so to kill a bit of time last night I ground down the lip and stuck the hub in a vice and bashed hell out of it “And my Knuckles” but I managed to get it,
I felt like a real man for getting something done that a 30 ton press couldn’t do, there was bits of metal flying everywhere of my chisel, one bit hit the palm of my hand and caused it to bleed “I think it may still be in there” but I wouldn’t give up till something gave,
I’m thinking of getting the bearing that I bough pressed into it and keeping it as a spare, I wouldn’t trust it on main roads but it could get me out of any dodgy situations such as blind bends, it would be a 10mph job but nice to know its there all the same
I have taken the full axle off and dropped it to a friends brother (diesel fitter) to see if he reckons I could use a more readily available hub, I know I may have to doctor it a bit but it will be worth the effort in the long run,
Another thing I read about similar trailers from the same manufacturer is that the main nut is a one time use, so you have to get a new one if you want to take off the hub, I was wondering about that when I seen no pin and the nut comes off in the same direction as the forward motion of the wheel, must have its own locking system, this crowd certainly know how to keep themselves in the supply business,
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Forgot to add, Brian got back to me saying he aint got this one in stock and it could be a couple of months before he will be ordering from Brenderup trailers again
These things in life are sent to try us
Hugo,
the pencil tip is resting on the rim which is nearest the wheel
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