# UNKNOWN UNKNOWN — Other/I am not sure
> NHTSA complaint `1850369` · 2022-10-28 · UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** UNKNOWN
- **Model:** UNKNOWN
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER
- **Component:** Other/I am not sure
## Narrative
Last week, I had some repairs done on my trailer hub at Wallace Truck and Trailer Repair in Tualatin, OR on Industry Way. It required the removal of four bolts, replacing a hardened stainless steel spindle and two bearings (inner & outer). I explained the necessary fix to the owner over the phone and that I didn't have a few tools necessary to fix it and he said that he did and was willing to fix it so I took my trailer an extra distance (~40 miles) from Hood River, Oregon to Tualatin, OR bypassing another shop that could have assisted but it was backlogged. The owner of Wallace Truck and Trailer repair ended up using a cast steel rod as the spindle which cannot be DOT standard for required materials for a licensed trailer repair shop to use as the spindle for a trailer. He is an official licensed trailer repair shop that used insufficient materials that he knew would fail in this particular application.  He should have used a hardened stainless steel for an axle spindle, 1.25" inner and outer bearings completely coated in high speed bearing grease and then should have used the same bolts that were used for the entire life of the trailers usage. He didn't! He used cast steel as a spindle, never greased the bearings at all, and then welded the hub to the axle knowing that his insufficient "repair" would fail and would require me to fix it again.  As I was driving on WA State Hwy 105 the axle broke and the wheel separated from the trailer. Luckily I was traveling slowly in a sh
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