GoVols01
Jet Boat Junkie
- Messages
- 372
- Reaction score
- 234
- Points
- 132
- Location
- College Grove, TN
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2017
- Boat Model
- X
- Boat Length
- 21
I've trailered my 2017 for 4 seasons now. Each outing is generally ~2 hours roundtrip on the interstate and I hauled it 3 - 7 hour round trips this last season. With 4 seasons behind us, the tires need to be replaced and I'm wondering if it's time for the bearings to be replaced too.
I check the hub grease regularly and have no reason to believe the bearings are bad. This Fall, I rotated the wheel and didn't find any improper movement/wobble in the wheels at all. Do you think I'm wasting my time / money by replacing the bearings?
I'm pretty mechanically inclined and enjoy wrenching on things. I should have time over the winter to work on the trailer, but I've never done wheel bearings before. I watched some YouTube videos and it seems moderately difficult. Should I just pay someone else to do it? My boat dealer quoted ~$400 to do all 4 wheels' bearings.
Replacing the tires and bearings this winter will cost me upwards of $800. If I can do the bearings myself, I'd save ~$400 of that. I can afford to pay someone, just don't like paying others to do what I can likely do myself. Thanks for your help guys.
I check the hub grease regularly and have no reason to believe the bearings are bad. This Fall, I rotated the wheel and didn't find any improper movement/wobble in the wheels at all. Do you think I'm wasting my time / money by replacing the bearings?
I'm pretty mechanically inclined and enjoy wrenching on things. I should have time over the winter to work on the trailer, but I've never done wheel bearings before. I watched some YouTube videos and it seems moderately difficult. Should I just pay someone else to do it? My boat dealer quoted ~$400 to do all 4 wheels' bearings.
Replacing the tires and bearings this winter will cost me upwards of $800. If I can do the bearings myself, I'd save ~$400 of that. I can afford to pay someone, just don't like paying others to do what I can likely do myself. Thanks for your help guys.