After the pressure on the master cylinder is released, the tire should rotate freely with only the slight drag of the shoe and drum noted. You have now completed the installation and are ready to reload your boat and road test the package. Winterizing Winterizing a trailer consists of lifting the wheels off the ground so they do not support weight. This will help prevent flat spots on the small points on the bearings that would otherwise support all the weight over the winter months. Once the repacking and bleeding has been done, you are assured there is no water in the system.
Ice can form in the bearings and crack the cages, rendering the bearings useless.
It's a 1994 Starcraft Islander that Timm and his wife, Krista, enjoy using in the Chesapeake Bay area. W iring your boat, whether you are wiring an extra battery or a simple circuit for a radio should be done within ABYC standards for marine electrical systems. Simply running wires without calculating the loads they will carry is an invitation to disaster. Electrical fires start when a wire is subjected to a load it is not designed to carry. The charts on the right show AWG and metric sizes, and the amperage that the sizes can be used to carry, inside or outside the engine room, and how to allow for long runs of wiring.