Art,
Sounds like normal salt water corrosion to me. One of the joys of lake  
sailing is that we don't have problems like that. Come to think of it, I don't  
have problems like that because I don't have brakes on my single axle Triad 
 trailer which is now 20 years old and still rolling.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 9/28/2009 6:45:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
czerwonky at earthlink.net writes:

Mike,

I never expected the problem, so few times that I have  encountered the 
hydraulic surge brakes stopping the trailer when backing it  up, but I think 
this did it.  The SS Tie Down 9.2" brakes (P/N 81101) use  semi-metalic pads.  
Mine were brittle as well as well worn, although not  completely worn.  I 
will be especially careful to have very ample "backup  spacers" at the tongue 
and not move an inch if there is resistance to backing  up.  The pads will 
just dig into the rotor surface, ergo a scored rotor =  new rotor.  

I will continue to do the heat check 10-15 miles into  any transit.  I will 
also pull the wheels on the braked axle, only one on  most Triads, and feel 
the rotor surface on occasion, certainly before a big  trip.  I don't want 
to have a trip prevented.  Even a corroded rotor  surface should not have 
concentric scoring.  

My replacement  brakes will probably be with vented rotors versus solid 
(Tie Down P/N  82113).  They are treated but not SS, so I'll have to keep them 
very  slean, especially after saltwater.  We'll just see how they do.  Tie  
Down thought it wouldn't be risky to try.

Others in the fleet may have  other tips.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike  Cheung <mikecheung at att.net>
>Sent: Sep 28, 2009 5:57 PM
>To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Saga of the  Annapolis trip
>
>
>Sorry to hear of your misfortune,  Art!
>
>But, while I'm sure it's just me being a little slow, what  was the root
>cause of the bearing failure?  Might it be something  that all of us with
>Triads should be concerned  about?
>
>
>
>Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
>>  
>> Lee,
>> 
>> Well, here's a so sad  story...
>> 
>> I began my trip to the area and the show on  Friday.  About 20 miles out,
>> as is my custom, I checked  bearings and brakes of the trailer, only to
>> find them hot as a  poker with copious amounts of bearing grease slung on
>> the tires,  like on both sides.  Like, not a happy boater to be found.
>>  
>> Chapter two - the setting is downtown Pendleton SC, with only one  horse
>> and a boat with wounded trailer...
>> 
>>  I talked with the local mechanic who seemed very happy with my sad 
story.  
>> Do not think he can cut it.
>> 
>> I called  BoatUS, where I have been a rather motley member since 2003, 
and
>>  they told me the trailer-assist fee I have been paying for road  mishaps
>> just hit the jackpot, and that I will be covered for a  piggy-back to the
>> barn at Hartwell.  I did have to stew for  three hours on the square in 
the
>> bright sun, but was loaded on a  53' lowboy backwards, humiliating but
>> practical, and got the boat  in the barn safely.
>> 
>> Chapter three - this September  morning at Hartwell is a light rain, but
>> I'm inside the covered  barn.  After taking the trailer wheels apart with
>> my swiss  army knife (16 tools total), I discovered that rotors were
>>  grooved, shoes mostly worn, calipers mis-shapened, and caliper  pistons
>> corroded.  Still not a happy boater.
>>  
>> Chapter four - on to Annapolis, but not the show or the notorious  Friday
>> skipper's lunch.  This is the greatest loss - missing  Mary Lou's 
dance...
>> 
>> What did I learn from this  happening that would be helpful to others - 
>> 
>> 1.  Thankfully I did my bearing check before it was too late.
>>  
>> 2.  I decided to call BoatUS assist - Unlimited is $500  coverage on the
>> road.  I think this extent is due to my  unlimited towing coverage on the
>> water - well worth the cost if  you consider costs of towing.  Much 
better
>> than the risk of  additional damage possible if I had tried to go without
>> the BoatUS  lift.
>> 
>> 3.  Diagnosis of the problem (which  occurred after only ~2000 miles 
usage)
>> was greasy but not that  difficult with the right tools.  I learned 
enough
>> to  determine the best and most cost-effective solution and  resolution.
>> 
>> 4.  I found the real source of the  problem was that I was wearing the 
same
>> Gucci loafers I wore at  Annapolis '06 when Stan's trailer took a swim in
>> Spa Creek.   
>> 
>> So I hope to see you, if possible, at Kent Narrows  either this coming
>> Sunday or Monday for a brew at a local McD,  maybe even with Mary Lou and
>> Fred, if they are around.   Likely to be with Allison, for sure, but sans
>> boat.  We might  even game for a tack or two on the Bay.
>> 
>> I will bring  towels along if this sad story has affected you as it did
>>  me...
>> 
>> Anonymous
>> 
>> 
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