Facelift

The deck on my Kory 5566 was rotted, so decided to put a facelift on the old thing while it was tore down. Four wheel, flat-deck trailers are super dandy to have around. You never realize how much you can use one until you get one.


This is what it looked like when I bought it.




The pin hitch had been jackknifed and bent, cut it off and put on a 2" Bulldog




The tongue pivot also was rusted/seized so cut it out and replaced it




Started ripping off the old deck




Pitched all the rotten crap in burn pit




The main 2x12 frame was treated lumber and just fine.




Pulled off the 2x12 frame off and shot it with primer




Wood frame off






Looked like someone hit an armadillo hole or something in the pasture and busted off the right rear spindle and cobbled in a brand-X spindle and hub. I




Ordered the correct spindle & hub from Kory and put it in like it used to be




Pulled all small parts off






Blasted and painted all the little stuff ahead of time






Took it to a friends shop in town and knocked off the old paint/rust and shot some primer and enamel.
This wasnt a Newmann paint job, this was Harbor Freight paint-can work in a parkin' lot. 8-P












Put new seals in the hubs, cleaned the bearings up in the varsol washer, repacked the bearings and put on new dust caps. New bolts and zerks also while I was at it then aligned the front end. Had no clue how much so put 1/8" out just a sprint car. ;-)


Everything reassembled












Original LR spindle




RR Spindle I replaced/fixed







Gotta put on the new deck next and need to get on it, gonna be making square bales soon and want to use this one.

Will post a few more once its done.