Over Weight Axle, How Much Is To Much
OK I just had my setup weighed today and my total weight was 26,620 lbs by Cat scales at truck stop, {motorhome and stacker trailer loaded, fuel tank full and full fresh water} Fleetwood listed GCW...
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carringb wrote:
Your rear axle is actually rated for 13,500 (aka Dana 135). Exceeding that may slightly accelerate wear. It will not fail catastrophically. Structurally, its identical to the Dana 145 (14,500) so the only real difference may in fact be a slightly higher price for the 145 to cover potential higher warranty costs. Axles housing, shafts, bearings etc all are the same size. So are brakes.
Actually the S135 shares its design with the S150 axle. I've read the S150 has thicker metal in the housing, but the Ford part number for the axle housing was the same when I looked it up a while back. Only difference I could find between the 20,500 and 22,000 chassis relative to the rear axle was the springs.
But that was for my '04 that used an S135 axle. OP has an '08. Hadn't Ford switched to the S110/S130 by then?
