Bronze with wet bolts or never fail bushings?

I'd say wet bolts/ bronze bushings so they can be lubed with grease. Just MHO.

RAS43 wrote:
I'd say wet bolts/ bronze bushings so they can be lubed with grease. Just MHO.

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RAS43 wrote:
I'd say wet bolts/ bronze bushings so they can be lubed with grease. Just MHO.

That's what I thought as well but Never Fail advertise their's are better then wet bolts with bronze.

colliehauler wrote:

RAS43 wrote:
I'd say wet bolts/ bronze bushings so they can be lubed with grease. Just MHO.

That's what I thought as well but Never Fail advertise their's are better then wet bolts with bronze.

They also advertise their frames are better, their axles are better, their awnings are better, their windows and doors are better, their furniture is better,etc, etc, etc, so on and so forth, you name it, it's all better.

Unfortunately plenty of people can confirm it's not actually the case. I'd definatly go with the wetbolts and stay away from LCI. The bonus may be that on a 2009 Keystone the chances are pretty good it's on a frame made by Dexter or someone else, and not Lippert.

rhagfo wrote:

RAS43 wrote:
I'd say wet bolts/ bronze bushings so they can be lubed with grease. Just MHO.

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Well I just purchased the wet bolts and bronze bushings. Now trying to decide while I'm on suspension to add a couple of cross braces between the frame rails? If I do would it be better to weld them on or bolt them on? Trailer is 7k lbs unloaded 10k gross wt rating. Upgraded the tires from D to E as well.

When I start the project I will update with pictures. Now we have several bitter cold days ahead so I'm ordering parts.

colliehauler wrote:
Well I just purchased the wet bolts and bronze bushings. Now trying to decide while I'm on suspension to add a couple of cross braces between the frame rails? If I do would it be better to weld them on or bolt them on? Trailer is 7k lbs unloaded 10k gross wt rating. Upgraded the tires from D to E as well.

If you have the skill I would say weld it. But is there something actually wrong that has you even considering adding bracing? I would probably spend more effort making sure the tanks were held on securely than just throwing a random brace across the frame.

I had Never Fails in our last TT - they lasted about 5 years. The only one that really wore out was the single point a the equalizer.
Replaced all with Wet Bolts and bronze bushing - I couldn't wear those out.
A tip: When you get your wet bolts, pump grease through them BEFORE you install them.
Some of mine wern't drilled all the way! (and after a bit of time, eTrailer wouldn't replace them.)

opnspaces wrote:

colliehauler wrote:
Well I just purchased the wet bolts and bronze bushings. Now trying to decide while I'm on suspension to add a couple of cross braces between the frame rails? If I do would it be better to weld them on or bolt them on? Trailer is 7k lbs unloaded 10k gross wt rating. Upgraded the tires from D to E as well.

If you have the skill I would say weld it. But is there something actually wrong that has you even considering adding bracing? I would probably spend more effort making sure the tanks were held on securely than just throwing a random brace across the frame.

No problems and would like to keep it that way. Will add additional tank support as well. I don't own a welder but a shop could make me a couple of braces and I could bolt it into place, (use rectangular tubing with plates welded on the end to bolt in place) above the axles between the frame rails. The alternative is to take the trailer to the shop and have them weld in place.