Trailer making noises?

squirrell · Outlaw Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 118 City: Pennsylvania

My trailer has started making a clicking sound when I go above 30 mph. Its a mastercraft 02. Any thoughts?

Buergday · Guest

I'm no expert, but I'd check the bearings

boehnkew · Outlaw Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 112 City: Kennewick, WA

Can you make the trailer do the clicking with it on jack stands? It might be easier to tell where the noise is coming from if you can check each wheel individually like that. If it's not bearings, it could be the brakes or some foreign object stuck in somewhere.

driftwood · Posted: May 23, 2003 12:06 pm Post subject:

I'd vote for brakes - bearings i'd expect you could hear at any speed.

MrBlean · Posted: May 25, 2003 3:08 am Post subject:

You've almost certainly solved this by now but....

How frequent is the clicking? If it's one per revolution, just check you haven't got a pebble lodged in the tread somewhere first! Another thing is to check the tighness of the wheel nuts. It won't be obvious with the weight of the boat on the wheels but if you jack up the trailer, you may find play between the wheel and the hub because the nuts are loose.

ckligor · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 454 City: A-town

I know that after being in a ton of water or driving in bad rain you have to spray WD40 for 3 in 1 in to the leaf springs where they bolt on to the trailer or thay will make a noise similer to the one you are discribing