If any of you guys need any canvas work done, I just checked in on my boat at "Steve's Custom Canvas" in Webster, NY.
What an awesome job they did I am very pleased with their work. I had a convertible/bimini top made. The full mooring cover I purchased from Carver covers last fall got a little tune up. I had them make it fit a little tighter ...... Still cheaper to buy through iboats.com and have them alter it as opposed to a "custom" one through Steve's.

Jeff

Well Axa is the closest with the wheel bearing grease.

Left the garage sunday to head over to test the second set of 5blades from Brett about noon. Saturdays key fiasco nicely behind me thanks to the calming effects of some Kentucky Burbon and the passing of time. Optimisticaly looking foreward to a whole new day, and high hopes for these experimental props. Pull out of the driveway and hear a little snap from the trailer, think to myself "Self, that's odd, must just be the springs moving around, but odd". About a 1/4 mile down the road the package is just not comming up to speed, so I say to myself "Self, something here just ain't feeling quite right". S I take a look see in the side rear view, and the rear tire appears to be showing out past the front at the top, so I look to the bottom view, and it's showing to the inside. Now my mind tells me this just ain't right, maybe that snap was a wheel stud, or a few of them. So I pull over and get out to look, wheel is not missing any lugs but is sitting there cockletated. I say to myself "Self, you're focked!" However we are right in front of the DOT garage so I start to very carefully back it into the driveway to gett it off the side of the road, and the wheel starts to exit the spindle. Jockey things around to get it to shift back on, somewhat, and park it. I can see the garage from where we are, and Samanthas car so down the road I go to get the car. Into town to my friends wrecker service for help and some HD assorted chit. Back out to the DOT, jack the f'n thing up and pull the wheel off, and the brake drum falls right off in the driveway. This is real sweet, so we chain the axle up and limp the thing back down the shoulder of the road at 2 mph to the garage. All is somewhat well, at least the f'n wheel didn't exit the spindle at 50 mph.

Had my trusty engine guy, master of all things mechanical, out there tonight to survey the damages. And he says he is pretty sure he can save the axle so things are looking up. Basically the outer bearing chit out and then the inner followed shortly thereafter. The inner bearing race stayed in place, the outer is somewhere between the garage and the DOT building a mile down the road. The spindle is welded to the axle so if we can't save it it means changing out the entire axle assembly. Lucky for me Al is one he!! of a machinist as well as his vast other talents. A few parts, little time and we'll be on the road again, right after we tear the other three apart and check them all out as well.

Not a Performance Trailer problem, just one of them things. I was just starting to get into this trailer boating deal, this trailer is a real sweet thing in terms of how it goes down the road, and it is sooooooo simple to load the boat back on, a line on the bow cleat and just pull it to the stop, hook the strap, a crank or so, and drive out. Sunday I figured out why I spend the money for that slip in Marks boathouse. This trailer chit can be a real PIA.

New trailer boater rule................Floaters, never leave home without one.



Especially if SHE is comming as well.

If it makes you feel any better Pete, you're not alone. That day Pachanga Mike and I took our girls for a ride, one of my rear brakes locked up hard. Got it from Mike's house to my house, about 3 miles, and that brake was screamin' hot. So, I adjusted the brake to loosen it right up for then and off we went to the dock. Dunked the trailer and it steamed!!!

We pulled it apart this weekend and found the wheel cylinder seized, seized in the fully extended postition. Probably froze up after backing it in the storage barn (surge brakes, you back up, they hook up). Got so hot it cooked my inner seal, just started showing signs of grease spew.

So, gotta get some new parts and fix it up. Eagle's site is pretty awsome, every part of every trailer they make is listed with part numbers. That means no f'n around trying to find the correct wheel cylinder and whatnot.

Pete,

I'm glad to see it didn't turn into something catistrophic .... I realize you like your trailer .... the only reason I am bust'in your chops about the axles is about 4 years ago I had a wheel completely come off and pass me on route 590 and 60mph in rush hour traffic.
You know when your are having fun when that chit happens.
Ever since then ..... I don't care how easy it is to back in or turn the trailer with 2 axles ..... I have 3 axles under the boat because when chit happens at least I have 2 axles still holding the stupid thing up.

Jeff

Good luck !!! Hope you are back in business soon.....

What's up for the weekend ???? Anyone have any plans or ideas besides putting engines back in their boat and replacing axles on their trailers and louvering their clutch cover for their sled or working on their house finishing some drywall ......

I was just wondering .....

Jeff

My new exhaust is still not here yet dammit!!!! I want to have it on by the holiday.

Man Jeff....You called it! Looks like they might go back in Thursday and testing on the weekend if all goes well!

Number two is on the dyno and was run Saturday and Monday with VERY good results. Things are progressing rather nicely! Hope to finish (#2) up today and have it ready for Thursday to be installed.

Dave

I was thinking I might take up diving.



But likely be same old, same old......................Wax on, Wax off.

....Fix the trailer...Test props....


Dave