Axle Alignment.
A friend of mine just pulled his brand new Jayco down south for the winter. He had one tire blow out, and unusual wear on the other front tire. The wear was like it was under inflated (but wasn't.) Hi...
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John&Joey wrote:Johnny_H wrote:
Measure axle centers on both sides, if that is the same you can hold a broom handle against the tires as a visual reference with the side of the trailer. Quick and easy checks, after that a long tape measure is required.
Funny, I just came up with the first one, and just finished texting him. Never occurred to me your second solution. Wonderful simple logic. Given both solutions it should either tell us there is a problem, or to start looking elsewhere.
Thanks again!!!
One more fairly easy check. I assume you have tandem wheels. On the front tires, measure from the center of the curb side tire to the center of the street side tire at the 3:00 postion. Then measure it again at the 9:00 position. They should be relatively close. Then meaure the same on the rear tires. If it appears substantially out, get it to a shop.
But on any of the measurements, only do it after the trailer has been driven for several yard in a straight direction. If you do it right before, after or during a turn, nothing will line up.
