cannesdo wrote:
Bird Freak wrote:
I think a few of us tried to tell you the same thing about center bolt. Im not trying to be mean here but if you don't know how much shocks will compress you do not need to mess with this type of thing. A lot of people have been hurt or worse trying to save a buck.
You did, and I appreciate it. When you get a lot of conflicting info and you don't yet have a grip on the whole situation you are in a state of confusion for a while. What the mechanic said about the amount of tension in the springs helped me to fully grasp it, sort of brought all the info together for me. So once I was able to integrate that fully I wanted to share that I too concluded that that isn't a good thing to do.
The springs are only under tension when the weight of the actual trailer is on the suspension and once you support the trailer frame with the wheel(s) off the ground the spring tension on those U-bolts is basically gone.
Yep even mechanics can give bum/incorrect advice.
However, removing only one u-bolt at a time does eliminate the hassle of having to re-center the axle mount to the spring pin. Of course now we're into the recommendation that you should never reuse suspension u-bolts and nuts and always use new ones, sort of like the wheel bearing grease seal argument. Of course this aspect has been completely ignored in this thread even by that all knowledgeable mechanic.
Larry
