Leaking Lippert Axle Seals
I seem to remember reading a post or two about the seals on some Lippert axles being problematic. Searched but couldn't find anything. FWIW, the brakes on our 5th wheel toy hauler (with 7k Lippe...
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mike-s wrote:dougrainer wrote:LCI and Dexter are completely different. Dexter Axle (and AL-KO, the combination is now known as DexKo Global) is owned by The Sterling Group, a private equity firm. Lippert (LCI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Drew Industries (NYSE: DW). Dexter doesn't make axles for LCI, that would be silly, LCI makes their own.azdryheat wrote:
I thought Dexter makes the axles and sells them to Lippert as a complete unit.
I believe LCI owns Dexter now. Doug
And that is not even necessarily the case. My Lippert axles are actually made by Henschen, Inc as shown in the following pics... The actual make of the axle is not on those labels, but is on a "METAL TAG" that is welded to the axle somewhere.
Henschen tag:
Lippert label on same axle:
NOTE THE 700lb delta between the 2800 on the Henschen tag and the 3500 Lipert label:E:S:h:E
Larry
