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    Posted: 06 Apr 2022 at 10:11am
Wow, hard to believe good parts being shipped like that.

I see a lot of the red, runny grease being used on trailer bearings. I used to use it as well but years ago switched to using a good grade grease designed for boat trailers. I like the grease better and it isn't messy in hot weather. I had a boat trailer so I only needed to stock 1 type of grease for all our trailers.

If changing grease types, you need to make sure all the old grease is purged so you don't leave a mix of the old dirty grease and the new grease...and it will make sure it is cleaned of any other contaminants that may be present in the bearings.

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I bought a replacement set of Lippert brake assemblies for my trailer. They came in broken down packaging labelled made in China. The bearings were banging around loose in the broken box, were dirty and had very little grease in them. A couple of the springs were hanging loose. I expect the ones Lippert uses to make rpod chassis are identical and it would be up to the trailer assembly team to inspect them, assuming they were given enough time to even do that.
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Originally posted by campman

I think you have gone through the process and are making a good choice as well.

I hope you enjoy many miles of safe and enjoyable rving miles whatever your decision is.

I would like to add one note from when we picked up our 192, I checked our bearings on the trailer as soon as I got it home and they were almost dry...I had to grease them right away with a quality grease. I also found the silver coloured bearing cover missing on the right side wheel. I picked one up and a rubber plug that goes in it for only a couple bucks...good money spent, to keep the bearing clean and dry!

Happy camping!

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Glad you mentioned.  We opened up the brakes the other evening to find that the adjuster assembly at the bottom was not even connected on the side that didn't seem to be engaging.  The other side was definitely misadjusted, way to tight, brake dust everywhere.  



While we were inside, pulled the bearings etc, felt like minimal red grease so we put everything back together and gave it a good dose on each side to make sure we were good.

Brand new.  Blah, but glad we checked.Cry
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I think you have gone through the process and are making a good choice as well.

I hope you enjoy many miles of safe and enjoyable rving miles whatever your decision is.

I would like to add one note from when we picked up our 192, I checked our bearings on the trailer as soon as I got it home and they were almost dry...I had to grease them right away with a quality grease. I also found the silver coloured bearing cover missing on the right side wheel. I picked one up and a rubber plug that goes in it for only a couple bucks...good money spent, to keep the bearing clean and dry!

Happy camping!

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Good call I think. No point in being stressed out on the road getting to where you are supposed to be going to relax. Have fun with your new rig.
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Loved all the feedback on this, appreciate everyone's help.  End of the day, think i was putting my traverse at the edge of what we felt we could tow.  I don't want to white knuckle every trip.  Just makes more sense to pull the trigger and get into a 1/2 ton truck.  Can't wait to get the e-brake install in it and head out.

Thanks again for the help.
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The sticker does show the max rated weights. The R stands for rating. Put those sticker numbers in the calculator as the max rated numbers.

The weighings are to get actuals for comparison so put those numbers in the calculator in that area. Once you have everthing in the calculator you can look at the dual gauges at the bottom and see how close you are to your ratings. Note that the wdh does not increase any ratings, your tow vehicle and trailer have to be within spec without it.

Then you can input a bar tension in that input. Adjust that number so the front axle weight with the wdh equals the actual measured front axle weight without the trailer. That is the target when you set up your wdh. You get there by measuring front axle squat during wdh setup but it works the same as if you weighed again.

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I see what you're saying.  

When i went through it was with everything connected except the Third weight.  Left the bars in but no tension.  Obviously I need more measurements, didn't do this quite right.

What I don't think I like is the First and Second weights. The sticker shows heavier, unless that's max weight...  Makes me a little suspicious of the scale.  
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When you say you measured with the wdh you didn't have it tensioned did you? If you did that throws of everything so weigh again with the wdh in the reciever and the trailer connected, but the bars not tensioned or just toss the bars in the back of the Traverse. You do not need to get any weights with the wdh tensioned, the calculator takes care of that for you.

Add one axle to the scale at a time and record all 3 measurements. The front axle weight you get directly. The rear tow vehicle axle weight is the second measurement minus the front axle. The trailer axle weight is the 3rd measurement minus the second.

Now disconnect the trailer but leave the wdh in the reciever. Don't take anything out of the Traverse. Weigh again, first just the front axle then both. As before the rear axle is the second weight minus the first.

Tongue weight is the second measurement from the first weighing (both Traverse axles with the trailer) minus the second measurement from the second weighing (the Traverse without the trailer).

The total trailer weight is the 3rd measurement from the first weighing (total rig weight) minus the second measurement from the second weighing (total traverse weight without the trailer).

Fill the water heater before you weigh again if you haven't already.


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