FYI Axel Failure

ReferDog wrote:
Say what you want about axels but until you have to deal with LIPPERT you will change your mine. They could care less about you. It may be true that they only put what is specked to them but it's still poor quality, hard to polish a turd!

I’ll be nice and just say I don’t know what you are talking about, normally I would state that differently… I say that because Lippert was always more than helpful for me and yes I have contacted them more than a few times… I don’t know and would give odds none us know what any failure rates are for any of these companies that can be attributed directly to them…

I will bet they have the largest market share and are dealing almost exclusively with someone that constantly demands the cheapest product they can get from the RV industry… and no matter what frame is under your trailer it is not over built and most likely is under built to save weight…

A friend of mine has repaired many RV frames for 3 or 4 area dealers, so many that were trade-in it’s almost scary to think people were towing these things… these frames were not all Lippert frames I can assure you…

That said I wouldn’t give them hi accolades either… while the power-coat and welds are all in great shape on my Lippert chassis I have had low preforming made in China bearings and also a cracked Chinese made equalizer and the worst bushings I have ever seen that I assume were imported from the same geographic area… and for Lipperts part I am not sure their specs are as close tolerance as they should be