Question on Ranger Trailer

[Jig Master]

I have a ranger trailer with COOL Hubs and need to change the lube in them, does anyone know how to do this or know where I can get info on it? Thanks

[Ray Esboldt]

Call Frankie's Marine in Chisago City. Last I checked, they are a Ranger dealer.

[Tom Wilson]

Jack up the trailer, take off the tire. On the top of the cast portion of the hub you will find an allen screw. Remove the allen screw turn the hub until it is at the bottom and let the oil drain out. Check the drained oil for metal fragments--if it's good then simply turn the hub back over and refill with oil. Fill it about 3/4's to 7/8's of the way full. Put the allen screw back in, put the tire back on and lower the trailer. I fill mine almost completely, because the hub swells if it gets hot. It's terribly easy to do, and you should be able to do all four tires in about an hour and a half.

[dan sexton]

Cool Hubs according to my Ranger dealer are checked and serviced as you service the Boat. I tried to check it myself and had to let the Ranger service tech pack mine.

One area of caution with my trailer: If it is a 2000 trailer the leaf spring broke while coming home from fishing. Luckily I was watching the rear-view mirror and stopped in time. This happened to a friend of mine that has the same model and year, 518 w/ single axle trailer. For some reason Ranger used a single beefed up leaf instead of 3 or 4 leafs. Just be cautiuos, this could happen on any trailer if you put lots of miles on them.

Dan

[dan sexton]

Tom,

Great tip! The dealer just wants more of my money. What oil do you like to use?

[Tom Wilson]

Dan,

Yeah they got me the first year too. Like you, I thought that there was some big secret to them, but they are no different than a bearing buddy--you just use oil instead. I've got a 2000 dual axle trailer, and it's just as easy as pie to take care of them. You can use any 90 weight gear oil, but I used a 90 weight synthetic blend this year. Makes very little difference according to Ranger.

[cast_and_blast]

According to Ranger they load them with the 50W Mobil Synthetic Racing oil. I got this from the Ranger trailer department - he even told me where to get it.

Wal-Mart, silver bottle. It's about $5 per quart.

Scott

[RossT]

As mentioned earlier, this is directly from Ranger --- use Mobil 50wt racing Oil. Silver bottle.

[Tom Wilson]

Guys,

Ain't that a *****. I called Ranger again today too, and they also told me the same thing. Last year when I changed them for the first time they told me 90 weight. I asked him about that and he told me that a few of their tech's still think that 90 weight is better, but that they are publicly recommending 50 weight now. As stated above...I've been running 90 weight in mine now for two years without any problems, so I guess it's not that big of a deal, but the next time I buy the lube I will get the 50 as well.