How tight do I torque the hub nut ? If I really torque it down the hub is hard to rotate. What I did is tighten it down hard then back off about a quarter turn. This seemed to keep the hub tight with no wobble and allow it to turn fairly easy. Kind of like my old Porsche 944 Turbo .....Porsche said tighten the hub nut until you can barely move the washer under the nut, no actual torque spec.
After a test drive this weekend I plan on rechecking the hubs to adjust the nut torque if necessary.I travel from Florida to Maine every summer towing my Horizon 180. It is nearly 1600 miles each way so I am very cautious about maintaining my trailer. I have the FW single axle galvanized trailer. Last year I had to completely replace the brake lines and the surge brake actuator as they were rusted out. I also replaced pads, blasted and painted the calipers, and turned the rotors.
This year it was another high maintenence year. I replaced both tires 225/75/15 D rated at 2540 lbs each, replaced all of the bearings in the hubs, and ran a wire wheel over the rotors to clean them up. I just finished installing the hubs and tonight will install the new tires so that I can give it a test drive this weekend.
I also added a safety chain and hook to the bow as a back up to the winch cable.
Rob