this is a pretty easy do it yourself job....but it IS time consuming and you'll need some tools, some grease, lots of beer and glacoma medication to make it thru.
the springs and front hubs really looked like shit and needed replacement. do yourself a favor and DONT try and recycle parts....i've learned my lesson the hard way from previous experience. for a two axle trailer, 4 jack stands and a 20 ton canister jack were required to remove the wheels and take the weight off the shitty old springs:
once i got the trailer up on jacks, the real fun began. remove the bearing buddy by tapping it horizontally with a hammer or a mallet. once the bearing buddy is off, remove the cotter pin and then remove the castle nut. the hub should slide off without a fight. with the serious corrosion, it was "easier" for me to cut the fasteners off with a grinder equipped with a metal cutting wheel. i cut the forward bolts and axel bolts off with the grinder and then cut the balancer in half so i had enuff room to use the sawzall to cutt the balancer bolts off. it is convenient to have a jack stand for the axel, or you can tie it to the frame. here's what it looks like with the hub off
i used a jack stand for the brakes as they were kinda heavy to try and tie to the frame
once i got all the gear off, i scaled the trailer to remove as much rust as possible and then painted that shit with zincpoxy rust resistant primer.
i then installed the load balancer, then the forward spring and finally the rear spring. next was the new front hub and i sprayed some rust resistant man juice on them to see if i can control the rust for a day or two
40 beers, 2 gallons of sweat and 2 turds later, VOY-LAY!
time consuming, but doable.
next job: bunk pads
PS: Aros Trailers does NOT give BD discounts anymore
