2011 COACHMEN FREEDOM EXPRESS Wheels Problems

TRAVELING EAST ON 146N JUST ON THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF THE FRED HARTMAN BRIDGE A GOOD SAMARITAN HAILED OUR ATTENTION THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS ON FIRE OF OUR TRAVEL TRAILER. WE PULLED OVER OUT OF DANGER TO AN ENTRANCE TO A PUBIC BOAT RAMP. THERE WAS A CENTERPOINTE ENERGY PERSONAL THAT HELPED EXTINGUISH THE FIRE TO THE AXLE. THE TIRE AND WHEEL HAD REMOVED ITSELF FROM THE SPINDLE AND ROLLED INTO THE DITCH. CALLING ON AN EMERGENCY ROAD REPAIR SERVICE TO REPAIR THE TRAILER BEARING, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO BEARING RACE INSTALLED IN THE WHEEL HUB ON THE INBOARD SIDE. THE EMERGENCY ROAD REPAIR TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE BEARINGS RACES AND REPACKED THE BEARINGS TO SPECIFICATIONS TO HAVE US RETURN HOME FOR THE EVENING. WE THEN TOOK THE TRAVEL TRAILER TO A REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE IT PROPERLY REPAIRED AND THE OTHER WHEEL BEARINGS INSPECTED. *TR

RETURNING FROM VACATION IN KNOXVILLE, IOWA WE WERE TRAVELING WEST ON THE TURNER TURNPIKE BETWEEN TULSA AND OKLAHOMA CITY. THE TRAVEL TRAILER HAD MADE A SUDDEN MOVE TO CHANGE LANES, I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN AND LOOKED IN MY LEFT MIRROR TO NOTICE A FIRE, SPARKS AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER. I STOPPED AND EXTINGUISHED A FIRE IN THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BEARING AND HUB. I CALLED A HEAVY DUTY WRECKER SERVICE TO ASSIST IN MOVING THE TRUCK AND TRAILER FROM DANGER OF THE TURNPIKE. WE SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT OF FLYING J TRUCK STOP. THE NEXT MORNING I WAS ABLE TO CALL A REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THE TRAVEL TRAILER AXLES AND BEARINGS REPAIRED. CURRENTLY THE TRAILER IS IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAVING THE DAMAGES ASSESSED. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT WE HAVE HAD ON THE SAME AXLE WITHIN 6 MONTHS. *TR