Boat trailer wheel

[tinkerman]

Does anyone know of a source or have an extra wheel for the old 1-1/16″ spindle with the single castle nut holding it on? I’m trying to get my old Cherokee boat and trailer road ready, but I’m in need of a wheel in order to have a spare. I thought about changing out to the hubs with lugs but it’s a short spindle and I’m not seeing a kit for those. And no luck finding a wheel. I see some for log splitters but they are 1″ spindle size. Any help would be appreciated

It's a jungle out there.

[joecb]

I suspect that you will have a problem with this one.  I had a small boat trailer that had the 1″ hub-less wheels. I bought the “log Splitter” spare wheel assembly and discovered that the bearing spacing was different. After de-mounting the tire, had a lathe job to re-bore to the correct spacing.  And another recent encounter with an old trailer with rusted out no-hub wheels ended up reworking for 4 bolt hubs and new wheels.  Even that job required making new longer sleeves for the seals, shortening the spindles about 1/2″ and drilling new cotter pin holes.

Joe B

[jeff-register]

Wow Joe,

That’s much work & determination!!

[oldlure]

PM sent

[scubapop]

I’ve located some real wacko trailer parts from

Expediter Trailer Parts

Phone:(800) 330-1800

Give them a try

[billy-j]

Why don’t you just buy a new modern axle and hub assembly and get rid of your obsolete  axle? This way everything is available.

[oldlure]

Is this what you are looking for?

[joecb]

That is what the OP was asking about, but from my expierence with these, one will need to know a few details, like…

• tire, wheel size
• axle diameter
• spacing of the bearings ( distance from cone to cone)

These hubless wheels are not all the same

 

Joe B

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