Weight causing tires to rub inside of trailer
When my Maverick (utv) is loaded in the garage of my toy hauler its causing the trailer to sag... naturally. But this past weekend I had a blowout and discovered it was because when going around turn...
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CJW8 wrote:
My tires are very close to the I-beam frame and a single tire does rub the frame if the other tire on that side goes flat (or comes off). I am considering either 2 inch longer axles or new wheels that are offset to the outside one inch more.
Hi,
Just passing along a concern about changing wheels, trailer wheels traditionally have zero offset. The bearings in the brake drum are sized to wheel loads on zero offset. If you shift the wheel weight 1" by 1" offset wheel this "might" aggravate bearing issues from and overhung load.
If you are on Dexter axles, call them and ask. They have real good customer service. Ask if you can use 1" offset wheels on your size axle. Then you will know for sure.
BTW, changing axle tubes cost is not that bad. My 6,000# axle tubes did not cost that much. IIRC right they where like $125 ish each delivered to my house. With your big toy hauler I do not know if you are on 6,000# or 7,000# axles.
Good luck.
John
Yes you are correct about the axle flip. One does not want to "flip" the axle. Just move the spring pack to the top of bottom,(over /under) leave the axle the same way. Camber is bent into the axle tube and is positive camber (arch pointing up) If the arch is pointing down that is bad... Negative camber. You can also mess up the toe angle flipping the axle upside down. If you have slight "toe in" a good thing, this will turn into "toe out" with the axle upside down. Between the camber being wrong and toe aggravated, wearing tires will soon come.
