trailer tire/axle alignment
One of our 19' travel trailer tires is wearing unevenly and the RV repair place says we need an alignment of both axles. THis will cost about $$400-$500 so I'd like to know just how often we should ha...
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mosseater wrote:
Or, you may find out, as I did, it isn't the axle at all. More often than not it's the spring hanger location. Factory specs, at least for my trailer, were allowed to be within 1/2" of diagonal measurement, while axle mounting specs need to be more like 1/8" or less. Pretty hard to get good axle alignment when the spring hangers are already that far out of square. Mine required cutting off and rewelding the hangers on one side to achieve alignment. Guy at the trailer shop said travel trailers are notorious for bad hanger location.
You got some good advice, and got it done right. Many go running to a alignment shop, and they are real happy to take the money bending some perfectly good axles.
