Even tho it says I'm doing something different, it still means - greasy hands

A while back I received a 'notice of defect' about the axles on my 35' 5th wheel RV from the manufacturer's attorneys office. This defect was probably the final straw that broke the RV companies financial back. They used wheels with the wrong backspace and that would destroy the bearing and spindle. The bearing that was used - the same little one Ford uses on the rear axle of a Mustang and a bearing I had multiple failures with on two of those cars!!!!! Dexter Axle Co. sold me replacement and upgraded axles at cost - me along with lots of others. The 155 pound each brake/axle assemblies came in a week or so ago, but the weather changed from cool to dam' cold, so I decided to disassemble and store them in my basement. It took a bit of persuasion, but they are apart. One axle is - ugly and I'll be contacting Dexter for some replacement parts including one axle shaft and a set of shoes and one bad inner bearing. I'm also changing the 4 outer Chinese made unknown bearings for some domestic Timkens, but those at my cost.

Here are a few photos of what I found:

GREASY FINGER PRINTS - OTHER SHOE IS ABOUT AS BAD


DEFECTIVE SPINDLE MACHINING


DIDN'T COME APART EASY


ABOUT A POUND OF GREASE PER SIDE