Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Just got back from the High Sierras and was happy with the tear's performance but lost another dust cap. Last time I ordered another from Harbor Frieght but it was a bit pricey. Anyone know where to find a cheaper replacement and what size I need? It's for the HF 1800# and seems to be a hair over 2" diameter. Thanks, George.
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..G&P, they should be available at your local auto parts house, get the exact measurment or bring the remaining cap with you when ya go...good luck
madjack

MJ, I guess the key word there is "exact". I picked up one at Kragen that doesn't fit because it is maybe a 32nd of an inch off. I thought that someone here might know of a specific brand and part number. This trailer frame is from the Ukraine so the size of the cap might be unusual for us. Thanks, George.

G&P, just a suggestion, you may want to take the hub to a machine shop and have them machine the inside of the hub. take a cap that a little bigger than original cap. it sound like the hud is a little out of round

Apply a coat of JB weld to the edge, it will fill in the gaps and harden, can always be pounded off with a hammer and drift.

DUCT TAPE


Just use duct tape to keep the loose dust cover on. Also if you lose one on the road duct tape can keep the grease where it belongs.

But seriously folks the machining that HF uses is not of high tolerance and having the hub and the cap matched will help. However the cost might be higher than replacement hubs.

Dan

Georgeandpat wrote:Just got back from the High Sierras and was happy with the tear's performance but lost another dust cap. Last time I ordered another from Harbor Frieght but it was a bit pricey. Anyone know where to find a cheaper replacement and what size I need? It's for the HF 1800# and seems to be a hair over 2" diameter. Thanks, George.
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I had a similar problem, but mine was that I didn't have any dust caps for my hubs and was unable to find any that fit. I bought a pair that was larger than the original caps and as others here have suggested, I wound up machining the hubs on my lathe to match the new caps. I don't recall what the interference fit was but that wouldn't be that difficult to find out, just measure the other side & add a few thousandths of an inch to it.

...another method would be to get the caps as close as you can and then take a ball peen hammer(if you have one) and ping/peen/tap OUT the inner portion on the cap edge to enlarge it and then tap the cap into place
madjack

Some good tips. Thank you all! George

madjack wrote:...another method would be to get the caps as close as you can and then take a ball peen hammer(if you have one) and ping/peen/tap OUT the inner portion on the cap edge to enlarge it and then tap the cap into place
madjack

After you do that, make sure you pound it straight in. If you get it crooked it will deform the cap real quick so you have to start over. The best way I have found to put them on is to find a piece of scrap tubing (about 6") that just fits over the outside of the cap, weld a piece of flat steel on one end of it, then you just slip it on the cap, line it up and give it a couple of good swats, works every time.

Of course, there's always duct tape

another suggestion might be to drill and tap a 8-23 or 10-32 hole on each side of the hub, and drill a co-responding hole in the cap. Run a short screw in the hole with a star lock washer. I did this once with an old boat trailer with which i had the same problem. Make sure the screw is short enough not to hit the nut or cotter pin inside.