Leaf spring shackles are tilted

fj12ryder wrote:

johntank wrote:

wopachop wrote:
My friends are saying its from the force of the trailer brakes? Its a triple axle and all the shackles stay tilted like this even after driving down flat roads.

The shackle will bottom out on the frame while going down driveways. Seems wrong. I tried making it straight with a jack but it bounces right back.

Should i slam the trailer brakes will driving in reverse?

Does your equalizers look like the drawing posted by time2roll,if so it has one flaw to it, it shows all equalizers using shackles, from what I know is that the middle axle needs one of the equalizer to have a spring eye end to hold the springs and axle in the right position.
From what I can tell from your posted pic this is your problem.

Not necessarily, some trailers will use the same equalizers at all positions. This link shows the same diagram as time2roll has posted: Suspension components

This might be true, but IMO this why he has the problem he posted about. I will say if he would replace one pair of equalizers that holds the spring at the eye for the center axle this would not happen. BTW your link showed equalizers for slipper springs.