Effects of trailer brakes and sway

mike-s wrote:

JBarca wrote:
The reason for this is, trailer axles have a toe setting built in from the factory.

I'd like to see a proper citation to support that claim. Camber is often built in, I've never seen anything saying toe is.

In the link above in my reply you are quoting I typed out the Alko and the Dexter specifications they sent me when I called them. Call them and ask for their documentation. Dexter has a very good tech support line.

The axle stubs are installed in the axle tube and or adjusted at the factory so that the toe of the wheel when mounted will be within the spec they declare. This is all in relation to the axle seat they weld on. If you take your trailer to an alignment shop they will measure the toe at the wheel. Pending the shop, some bend the axle tube to put the toe back into the proper range as this is not a user adjustable setting the way most trailer axles are made.

Where you thinking they never had a spec for wheel toe? This is a fairly common trailer alignment spec. I can attest to, if you have an excessive toe out or a toe in condition, the tire will create a scrub angle to the road and wear them at that angle in short order. I had that condition on my camper which brought me to having to research all this and figure out why my tires where being ground up so and correct it.

Hope this helps

John