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Originally Posted by jrhoads23
Yep... thanks guys. I ordered some self adjusting ones and will try and tackle it this weekend or early next week. Thanks!
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Finished the same install this past weekend. Go ahead and order the rear seals for the hubs while you're at it. Swap them out and repack the grease (red tacky grease is my favorite). I learned how to do it by hand but the bearing packer works really well. It won't add much time to your overall project. I finished replacing the seals and all 4 brakes in just under 3.5 hours, but I had already repacked the bearings. Hint...get double-lip seals. I put on single lip seals and John helped me to see the error of my ways.
BTW, yesterday i repacked my small 5x8 trailer bearings and cleaned the hubs. Took less than an hour.
Here is what i used to replace the seals and brakes:
- Red tacky grease
- Grease gun with flexible hose
- roll of shop towels (maybe 2)
- 4 new 2-lip rear seals(
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JMHIZ0Y...roduct_details)
- Seal puller (
https://www.harborfreight.com/seal-p...ips-63039.html)
- Nev-R Adjust brakes (
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MLXNBT2...roduct_details)
- Channel Locks
- Flat head screwdriver
- Brake Cleaner
- Blue heat shrink connectors (14 - 16 gauge)
- Lighter or heat gun
- Rubber mallet
- 4-lb hammer
- jack (i have a 20-ton bottle jack);
https://www.harborfreight.com/20-ton...ack-66482.html
- jack stands
- 4-way (star) foldable lugnut wrench (
https://www.harborfreight.com/14-inc...nch-95932.html)
- 150 lb torque wrench (my lugnuts are 115 ft-lbs)
- 11/13 socket; part of this set (
https://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-...-pc-69560.html)
- extension bar for torque wrench
- wire cutters
- small wooden block (maybe 8" long, 4" wide, 1" deep for tapping seals / dust cover)
- throw away plastic bags for trash
- knee pads / kneeling pad
- bearing packer (
https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-34550-H...a-568857223402)
- safety glasses
- disposable gloves
Hopefully that's it. My camper is 25 mins from my house, so I tried to remember everything.