EZ Flex Dexter broken suspension bolt

Gdetrailer wrote:

azdryheat wrote:
Appears it never had any grease in it.
Plus all that corrosion. Replace all the wet bolts.

Replace with SOLID bolts.

That IS a hazard of using HOLLOW bolts (strike one), the bolt snapped off right in the exact center of the cross drilled hole (strike two). You have TWO very weak spots in that type of bolt, overtightening or even hard cornering can easily exceed the tensile strength of any bolt then weaken it with hollowing it out.

Two strikes, do you feel "lucky", the next strike might be at the most inopportune time..

There is zero need for wet bolts, my 1980s trailer still has the ORIGINAL suspension bolts, they are solid, they have never been greased and they do not have plastic inserts to make them quiet.

They work and will not fail as easy..

I respectfully but completely disagree. When two pieces of metal work against one another with no lubricant, which that bolt looks like it has never seen, there will be wear. I've seen many more OEM solid bolts that have worn out their suspension parts than I've ever seen wet bolts fail.

Where I used to work, can factory, we used many, many bolts with holes through them to grease operating parts. I've never seen one fail that had been greased regularly. So I do think you're wrong in that respect.