I bought my Z19 Pro new in April of 2021. A week after I got it home two of the plastic caps on my wheel hubs just popped off while the boat was in my garage. I tried putting them back on but could not. I took them back to the dealer who was able to get them back on.
This was just the beginning of a long story with these hubs. The manufacturer sent me new metal hub caps and I took the trailer back to the dealer to be inspected and caps put on.
I thought that was the end of the problem, but this past Monday proved me wrong when both hubs and axles went out on the trailer ruining both of my tandem axles. I had to pay a wrecker to haul the trailer back to the dealer. Luckily I have a friend who let me put my boat in his dock while I was having this issue.
Now I am out of the boat hauling business until I get some type axle replacement from the manufacturer.
These FDL hubs were a known problem and simply replacing caps just does not repair it.
The poorly fitted caps are apparently failing to allow the hubs to properly lubricate the spindle. Either that or they have allowed water to get in and compromise the lubrication.
I wrote the manufacturer when I first started having problems and told them I thought this failure could happen. Now it has become my nightmare. I just hope they do right by this.
This was just the beginning of a long story with these hubs. The manufacturer sent me new metal hub caps and I took the trailer back to the dealer to be inspected and caps put on.
I thought that was the end of the problem, but this past Monday proved me wrong when both hubs and axles went out on the trailer ruining both of my tandem axles. I had to pay a wrecker to haul the trailer back to the dealer. Luckily I have a friend who let me put my boat in his dock while I was having this issue.
Now I am out of the boat hauling business until I get some type axle replacement from the manufacturer.
These FDL hubs were a known problem and simply replacing caps just does not repair it.
The poorly fitted caps are apparently failing to allow the hubs to properly lubricate the spindle. Either that or they have allowed water to get in and compromise the lubrication.
I wrote the manufacturer when I first started having problems and told them I thought this failure could happen. Now it has become my nightmare. I just hope they do right by this.