Replacing seals on oil bath trailer hubs
Hi guys, took the boat out of the barn today to begin 'summerizing' and noticed oil leaking down from the hub on one of the trailer wheels. So, a few questions:
1. It's only about ~15 miles from storage to the lift where I keep the boat all summer, any issue with simply filling the leaky hub up with 50-wt oil so I can get the boat in? I figure everything else following will be a lot easier to do without the boat on the trailer. The oil isn't exactly pouring out of the seal right now, so should be ok over that short distance right?
2. It's a Boatmate double-axle, circa 2004 with the plastic caps and the oil reservoir. How do I go about changing the seals? I searched through this site and found a great walk-through but that's for a different type hub assembly that uses packed grease. Any advice from someone that has done this before would be fantastic!
Thanks in advance guys.