Eriba Pucks

[SharonMcN]

Excellent, I’ll dig in. That boot camp looks interesting!

[s.e.charles]

just remember: it's a journey!

[s.e.charles]

not your brand, but your material: https://youtu.be/lWfBrvfQEf8?si=9opMFzCjI_kw7Vpg

may help or inspire

[CanStan]

I’ll answer my own question from a couple pages back about mounting a bag awning on a Puck. I ended up buying the GoWesty brackets designed for a Bay Bus. The ‘foot’ that sits in the gutter had to be trimmed down to fit into the aluminum rail of the Puck, but it seems to hold good enough. I was concerned about the arm that is designed to lean against the side of the Bus / trailer, but it actuary sits quite far away from the wall once you tighten the brackets all the way. So, that part of the bracket could be cut off if you wanted.

We bought an add-a-room that mounts onto this awning as well. It works well enough, but it would be more ideal if the awning was mounted higher. I just don’t see a way to make that work.

[nynone4]

Nice solution. Does the Awning seem to be fairly stoutly mounted with those brackets? We have an original tent for ours.... but it's a chore to set up - especially when you arrive at camp near dusk. Any chance you could post some close-up pics of how the brackets are fastened to your Puck please?
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[CanStan]

Here are a couple pictures of the brackets. They are the GoWesty Bay Bus mounts. In order to fit into the Puck rain gutter, I had to grind off part of the foot of the bracket. It isn’t the greatest fit in the world, but it’s definitely strong enough. I’m the photos, you can see how the aluminium gutter is a bit deformed. That was just from me trying to clamp things down and seat them better, but it didn’t really help. But overall, it’s solid enough and definitely not going to fall off.
Maybe it’s not the greatest way to mount an awning, but it’s the only option I’ve found besides having something completely custom built ($$$$$$).

[CanStan]

There was some mention about wheel bearings closer to the beginning of this thread, but I figured I’d post some part numbers for posterity incase anyone else needs them.
It seems that there are 2 styles of Puck hub assemblies- possibly early and late, although I don’t know what year they changed. This is from a ‘68 and uses 2 ball bearings, compared to the later (?) style seen in this thread that uses tapered roller bearings.

The bearing part numbers are:
6206/C3
6204/C3

I also still had the spring loaded metal seal, so unfortunately, I don’t have a modern rubber seal part number that works with this hub.

The metal seal seems to work just fine. I didn’t have any noticeable grease leaking from it, so I had no issues reusing it. As described earlier in this forum, it is similar to piston rings sandwiched between the inner and outer washers. It can be a bit tricky to get them squished in enough to seat the seal, but some light taps with a rubber mallet worked well.

These hubs appear to be similar to what just about every light weight utility trailer ever made uses for 1-1/4” spindles. So if you’re having issues with cracked hubs, I’d be willing to be the modern replacements will fit right on. They are easy to find and under $100 complete with bearings usually.

[SharonMcN]

Somebody in a Facebook Puck group said installing window seals using the “string method” worked well, but didn’t describe what that entailed. And I didn’t get a response asking how it worked. Does anybody here have a description of how to install window seals using the string method?

The person did say that the real difficulty after the seal was installed was adding in the additional piece that holds it in. Any tips for doing that?

[CanStan]

[SharonMcN]

Thanks, Stan, that’s exactly what I needed.

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[Daddybus]

I need some help locating an online video article on my Eriba Puck. I don't recall the name of the online magazine. A tour of my puck was filmed at the Blackstar Campout years ago. Some of my friends have seen it, but I have not. My puck is a 1974ish, white exterior with turquoise marine canvas upholstry. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you