Lucky for me the Tracker Service Center is 15 mins away. Called service center and they said leave the boat on the trailer. For others farther away I'm sure it would be a bigger hassle. I've changed trailer bearings before, but in this case it's under warranty and when Tracker does it you are covered if there is any problems down the road.I'll catch flak for this but-- if it were me, I would just take a few minutes, outside or in the garage, and inspect the hub nut tightness and grease- adjusting if necessary.
According to the letter, should be an easy inspection and fix for a do-it-yourselfer.
Good point about sealed bearing on trailers. Sure would save time and work every year. Service center said I don't have to take my boat off the trailer.I believe the recall letter and the recall in general is just to cover their butts. They want us to return our trailers with no boats. Is anyone actually going to do that?
I fish quite a bit, and jack up my trailer/ feel my wheel bearings every month. The first time I did my drivers/left side was too loose. I disassembled both sides, cleaned and packed the bearings and reassembled them, tightened correctly. That was back in January. It would be less work to service your own bearings than to figure out how to take the trailer back with no boat. (unless you live on a lake)
Most, or maybe even all vehicles manufactured today have sealed wheel bearings. It's time for trailers to have the same thing.
My understanding is that Nitro builds their own trailers--They do not buy from someone else the way most manufacturers do.very poor quality on Quality Control in their contracted out trailer vendor, if I was NITRO I would be shopping around.
There is a recall on most Nitro Trailers involving trailer hubs. Dealer should take care of you.
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