Art,
Ignorance is bliss. Until someone stops me and tells me I need brakes, I'm  
not going to change anything. Besides, most of my trailering is less than 
five  miles at a time. I have no desire to do any long distance hauling. 
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 9/29/2009 9:12:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
czerwonky at earthlink.net writes:

Rummy,

I'm certain that corrosion played a big part, judging  from the condition 
of the caliper pistons and the caliper shells.  They  apparently stayed in 
the braked position when the pads should have retreated  away from the rotors. 
 Oh, so much simpler with no brakes - but does SC  permit no brakes on your 
boat?  Ga now requires full brakes on both  axles.  

The rear seals were soundle on the bearing with no  distortion.  The front 
'seal' is really only a cap, which blew out under  pressure.

Artemus

-----Original Message-----
>From:  R22RumRunner at aol.com
>Sent: Sep 29, 2009 8:14 PM
>To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Saga of the  Annapolis trip
>
>Artemus,
>Question? You mentioned bearing  grease on the tires. Were the axle seals  
>bad? That may have been  what started the whole episode.
> 
>Rummy
> 
>  
>In a message dated 9/29/2009 8:10:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,   
>R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
>
>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:
>
>
>
>>>  
>>>  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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