Question re axle replacement

goducks10 wrote:

Huntindog wrote:

gregmisc wrote:
I had uneven tire wear on my original tires and contacted the dealer. The dealer said he doesn’t align axles and sent me to a truck shop. The truck shop said they are not adjustable and could not help me. I finally found a shop that said they could do the alignment but they found both Lippert axles were bent and needed to be replaced. The owner said the Lipperts were not made as well as Dexters so he ordered larger capacity Dexter axles for replacement. I hope this solves my problem.

Having had both brands, IMO, The Lipperts are made better. The difference is that Lippert powder coats them, and Dexter paints them. Other than that they are the same.

They will both build them to a customers spec.
That goes for tube thickness, Hub face spec, ratings, brake sizes etc. Actually just about all of the individual parts are interchangeable.

So you canbuy a weak or strong axle from either company.

I bet your shop was a Dexter dealer.

At any rate, going stronger was a good thing. But it was too bad he felt the need to throw Lippert under the bus. He gets an "A" for the stronger axle recommendation, and an "F" for truthfullness about his competition.

Interesting. I had a 2010 Heartland Northtrail with 4400lb 3"OD Lippert axles. I needed an alignment and took it to a local big truck/RV alignment shop. The guy doing the alignment said that the axles felt soft so he put in a little extra camber.

Thats my story, take it how ever you want.