Nose Wheel Axle

I needed to change the inner tube on the nose wheel. When I tried to split the rim, easier said than done, the axle going through the bearing would not move laterally. After much effort, resulting in ordering a new axle and bearings, I was able to split the rim. To prevent this issue in the future, I am thinking of using a high temp lubricant to possibly prevent this. Any other suggestions?

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Joseph, welcome to VAF.

Any idea what caused the axle and bearings to freeze together??

How many hours/landings on the plane?

Operating conditions for the airstrip----wet, dusty, etc?

This is not a common issue.

New nose fork or original design that had SB? Different axles...

Nose AXLE

Didn't figure this was a common problem, otherwise an SB would be issued. I have 500 hours and about 1000 landings. All landings at air ports, no off field landings. This is the new fork in stalled in 2017. As I stated, I replaced the tires and tubes at 180 hours, about three years ago. No issues then.