3500lb axles bad design
Probably most medium size trailers have the 3500lb axles and 10" brakes. The design of the spindles has little to no shoulder to locate the inner bearing. When I looked up the blueprints, I found th...
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So sleeve the seal surface to increase seal diameter and provide a flat, perpendicular shoulder for the inner race to seat against. I've done this to renew seal surfaces many times. The sleeve is a shrink fit then turned to diameter. Good to post the issue you have seen and I'll have a close look at mine. In truth, I would like to see a slightly heavier axle on many trailers. When a trailer is listed as having a GVW of 6980Lbs, I don't think two 3500's is quite what should be on the trailer but that's the way things are, I reckon. GD
