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Turns out that it was a Camco, ordered direct from Forest River and was pleasantly surprised how cheap and how fast they shipped me 2 of them... one for repair and one for a spare. Turns out they original was tightened onto the trailer inevenly and replacing only the hood part would have resulted in a repeat of the same problem. I replaced the whole thing and made sure it was straight and even, sealed it up with Geocel, and made sure the cover hood was super secure and i'm back 100%.
Also washed the trailer and a quick spray of Simply Awesome cleaner/degreaser from the dollar store followed by a brush with plenty of turtle wax car wash soap really took easy quick care of removing the streaks. Got her clean and dry and did a quick coat of wax with Babes Boat Bright and she is still shiny and new looking after a few weeks outside waiting for the next adventure.
Advice given to grease the wheel bearings was solid... took probably a hundred pumps on each wheel to get the hub filled up to the point that some grease came through the outside bearing, they were almost completely dry. Also tightening up the suspension fasteners and lugnuts found lots of loose stuff that might have came to haunt on my long trip planned for early October to Alabama. I found 3 lugs loose, 4 shackle bolts that needed 2-3 turns to be tight, and also the leaf spring U bolts needed to be snugged as well. Feeling better and better about being prepared for the upcoming trip.
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