BruceH wrote:
Does anyone know what the service life is for the E-Z Flex equalizer?
As suggested in an above note, I contacted Dexter Axle and spoke with a Product Engineer.
He said the product has been out about two years and he has not heard of any rubber core failures. The design intent is for the core to last for a long time (many decades). They sucessfully tested it under heavy abuse. As far as natural aging issues, the core is over 3/4 synthetic materials so they expect it to age at a much slower rate than if it were all rubber.
I already have the Dexter K71-359-00 Heavy Duty Suspension kit (greasable bushings) so he said I do not need to get the Complete EZ-Flex kit. All I need are the new EZ-Flex equalizers. All the the additional hardware in the Complete EZ-Flex kit is the same as I already have in the Heavy Duty Suspension kit. The EZ-Flex equalizer only kit does have two bolts, but I don't think I even need those. Dexter is still showing an inventory reduction sale on their web site. The 33" tandem EZ-Flex Complete kit is $149.67 vs the Equalizer/Bolt only kit for $88.67.
Thanks for everyone's input.
