I have a Prestige Trailer with a single axel. Boat that sits on it is a 1998 2200IWT. The tires are rubbing on the inside of the fender bunk ( The wood ) Bearing were just replaced.I sanded down part of the area where it was rubbing but it is not enough. When the weight is off the tires no rubbing. As soon as the set it down off the jack no clearance.The tire size is the same as what come on it. Anyone run into this problem?
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I know a lot of the earlier trailers didn't have wood covers between the boat and wheel wells. How much room is there between the outside of the tire and outside of the fender. Maybe you can put a 1/4" wheel spacer on the wheels. But you definitely want to make sure the outside of the wheel sits inside the fender (ie you do not want that tire to hit the metal lip while towing). If that doesn't work, then you are going to have to remove that wood fender, or buy narrower tires. -
Both tires or just one side? Could be in the act of changing the bearings the alignemnt of the trailer axle shifted a little. With the boat off try measureing the distance from the front and back of the tire to a common point on the trailer to see if it's straight.
Also, did you check your tire pressure? Before the bearings were replaced it was not rubbing, correct? Was there an offset plate that didn't make it back on the hubs or something like that? That is where I would look first.2009 RZ2, PCM 343, MLA Surf Ballast, Premium Sound.
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I talked to a guy from Heritage Trailer today and he said it might be that the aluminun rims are wider than a steel/chrome rim.Comment
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Rim width and back spacing will do that. I believe the chrome steelies that most of those trailers had were 14" dia. x 6" wide. And I believe the offset is zero (so the backspacing should 3"). Do you know what size your aluminum rims are?Comment
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Not sure what the width is without taking the wheel off. If I put a spacer in, say a 1/4 " would you think that would take care of it? Or maybe take a lot more material off? ( gind down more of the wood )Originally posted by Joeprunc View PostComment
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What size wheel do you have on your trailers?Comment
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Mine are the chrome steel rims 14" X 6" with I believe a 3" backspacing. I would only run a wheel spacer if you are 100% sure that under compression you tire will not hit your fender lip. If it does you will probably end up slicing your tire.
Can you take a picture of the whole setup...placement of the wood sidings, where its rubbing a straight away picture of the tire & fender. This might help us see if there is anything out of the norm.Comment
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mine is a 2004 without wood..... I could not figure out what that noise was.... Then I saw how shiney the tires had become.... I'll be rebuilding it some day. I was told a few hundred... I have a few dents also...Comment
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Where the back side is sagging against the tire when I turn. I would push it back out and stiffen it up with a bit of box tube. It's where the tire gets shiny and it's a flat part that is sagging 3/4 inch or so. And pound out some of the dents where I drove through a too small drive through. Then repaint. Not me but pay someone to do it all.Comment
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Anyone else have an idea why it is rubbing?Comment
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