Trailer Parts

[Olde Merc]

I have an older Shoreland'r trailer (probably mid to late 80's) that looks to be designed to carry smaller 14'-16' boats. The trailer is galvanized steel and is still in excellent condition. However, last season when I did the wheel bearings I noticed my wheel seals are not in great shape, but were still good enough for one more season. Additionally, I tried to install some bearing buddies, but I couldn't find ones that would fit my hub (the hub was pretty close to 2", but a 2" bearing buddy would not fit). <br /><br />I don't think any of the local boat shops sell ShoreLand'r trailers. Where can I get parts for this trailer like the axle seals and bearing buddies? Canadian Tire has a wide variety of generic trailer parts, but I have know idea if they would work on mine since I don't know any specs on the trailer. How can I identify my trailer by model and year? I would like to put bearing buddies and new seals before on the trailer so I don't have to repack the bearings every season. <br /><br />Thanks for any input.

 

[Northern Eclipse]

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Old merc, I had a old shorelander 1984 model with my old boat, I ran into the same problems, I took one of the grease seals to a autoparts supply here in Oakville the guy behind the counter measured the seal with a mic. then was able to referance the size to a part number, bingo they were in stock and fit perfect.The bearing buddies I bought a bit oversized and had a buddy who worked in a machine shop machine them to fit the hubs.

 

[JB]

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Howdy Olde Merc.<br /><br />You might try www.championtrailers.com<br /><br />They have always been able to help me.

 

[Olde Merc]

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Thanks for the replies. I wish I knew the year and model of the trailer i have. But I guess the only way I will be able to get parts is to measure the seals and hubs more accurately and see if a parts store can get them. Hopefully I can find some bearing buddies that work, since I don't know a machinist! Interestingly enough, I saw a 1.98" bearing buddy kit at Canadian Tire the other day. I am going to remeasure my hub with more accuracy and hopefully this will be my size. The 2" was so close to fitting, I couldn't believe it wouldn't seat.<br /><br />My trailer and boat are stored 80 miles from where I live. I was hoping to buy the parts and redo the bearing before I brought it home, but I guess I will have to wait until I get home now so that I can take parts measurements before I go to the store.

 

[wajajaja]

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uh, don"t they have auto parts store near the lake. take the hub off at the lake and take it to the parts store? beats being towed half way home?

 

[wajajaja]

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or buy all three bearing sets/seals and takem with you and return what you dont need?

 

[Olde Merc]

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I could do that, but the area I have the boat stored in doesn't have any good parts stores. That's why I wanted to buy the parts before hand. If worse comes to worse, I can just repack the bearings before I tow the trailer, and re-use my old seals until I get home. Then when I get home I can disassemble again, and go to the parts stores to get my parts. I just was hoping to avoid doing the wheel bearings twice in a row. I hate repacking wheel bearings, which is another reason why I want to get bearing buddies. It's bad enough all three of my vehicles also have wheel bearings that need to be repacked on top of my boat trailer.

 

[wezie]

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Shorelander has a web site.<br />Not very useful and very tedious,<br />You might be able to contact them and get some info; give it a try. Let me know if you have any luck.<br />Don't know if this is relevant, but buddy bearings are intended to be hammered in very tight. I use an 8" 4x4, hammering on the end grain, to seat them.

 

[Solittle]

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1.98" is one of the standard sizes - mine use em.

 

[Boatist]

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Olde Merc<br />The Bearings and seal will all have number stamp into them and any decent bearing supply house will be able to find a replacement.

 

[dakotashooter2]

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Take a file and slightly camfer the bearing buddies and the end of the hubs to allow them to get started then knock them in with a 2x4 and mallet. You want them REAL tight or they may spin off like a couple of mine have done.

 

[Olde Merc]

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Thanks for all the information posted. I checked the Shoreland'r website, and it didn't seem to have any information on older trailers. <br /><br />I am sure the bearing buddies I bought were 2" in size, not 1.98". These ones would not fit, no matter how hard I tried to pound them in with a block of wood and my biggest ball peen hammer. These bearing buddies were actually a cheap no-name, so maybe that's part of the reason why they wouldn't fit. <br /><br />When I disasemmble the hubs, I will look for the part numbers. At least with a part number I can be somewhat sure that I am getting the right parts.<br /><br />Thanks for the tip on the chamfering the bearing buddies. I will try that if they won't fit otherwise.

 

[Link]

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I know on my trailer the plate/sticker is real hard to read after all these years so I just took the information w/serial number off the registration that I have to carrey a copy of in the boat. A quick trip to ez-loaders web site and I had a dealer number to call.<br /><br />Just a thought.