Hornnumb2 wrote:
Just setup the equalizer hitch on my 2015 coachmen and now I am getting a creak from the trailer axles. Should I need to lube something under there or does it need a break in period. I know it's not the hitch because it does it when jacking it up to install the bars.
You're right, this has nothing to do with your Equal-i-zer ... it's the trailer's suspension system, most likely the leaf springs that's the cause of this creaking. You may now notice it only when the Equal-i-zer is engaged and therefore putting tension on the trailer's suspension system but as time goes on you'll notice that same creaking with the trailer completely unhitched. Further proof of this will be when you drop & tension the four stabilizers, thereby relieving tension on the suspension system, and the creaking reduces or goes away completely.
I too have run a Dexter wet bolt kit in my previous KZ Spree and although it's certainly an improvement over stock nylon bushings I seriously doubt this has anything to do with this creaking at all as there are countless axle assemblies running nylon bushings that don't make a peep. Certainly once those nylon bushings wear through it's worth investing in a wet bolt kit but IMO isn't justified just because of suspension creak. I've never had this creaking issue with any trailer we've previously owned but our current Freedom Express has creaked like crazy since new. I have been able to minimize, even eliminate, this creaking for a time by liberally spraying the entire leaf spring assembly with
this penetrating oil by Krown, a spray I also use on the stabilizers' drive screw threads. However, this is not a permanent fix and I notice now, after the trailer sitting in winter storage, that the suspension is now creaking once again so one of my first tasks when I take the trailer out on it's first trip this season will be to spray those leaf springs once again.
