Q re: Chaining up axle to frame
Hey All!
Knowing that I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer I thought that I would float this up to the collective knowledge of the forum for some insightful input and thoughts.
I would like to chain the axle(s) of our dual axle 5R, one side at a time of course, to the I Beam frame, in order to aide in getting the wheels off the ground for a bearing inspection and service as well as a general brake and wheel check. We have the E Z Lube axles on our Cougar and I simply do not have enough faith and confidence in this system. We have read and heard about too many horror stories of blown seals and contaminated brake linings. I am going to jack the RV up by the frame, rather than the axles, and will have the RV hitched to our truck with the front jacks and rear stabilizers well off of the ground.
I was just under the RV and trying to see if there were available and convenient places to attach the chains to the frame rails. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything that would work. SO, it seems to me that I would have to drill holes through the lip of the I Beam in order to use bolts and lock nuts to attach the chain to the frame. Is there any issue or foreseen problem with drilling, say, 1/2" holes, either two or four per side, through the frame rail?
Also, is there a foreseen problem with lifting both wheels and thereby axles at the same time if I use a bottle jack on the frame at the front and back of the tandem wheels? Or, would it be better if I just stick to lifting one axle at a time and doing one wheel at a time?
Please forgive me if any of my terminologies are not technically correct, Lord knows I took enough abuse over the "Hot Water Heater" episode! ;)
Cheers!
Mike
Knowing that I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer I thought that I would float this up to the collective knowledge of the forum for some insightful input and thoughts.
I would like to chain the axle(s) of our dual axle 5R, one side at a time of course, to the I Beam frame, in order to aide in getting the wheels off the ground for a bearing inspection and service as well as a general brake and wheel check. We have the E Z Lube axles on our Cougar and I simply do not have enough faith and confidence in this system. We have read and heard about too many horror stories of blown seals and contaminated brake linings. I am going to jack the RV up by the frame, rather than the axles, and will have the RV hitched to our truck with the front jacks and rear stabilizers well off of the ground.
I was just under the RV and trying to see if there were available and convenient places to attach the chains to the frame rails. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything that would work. SO, it seems to me that I would have to drill holes through the lip of the I Beam in order to use bolts and lock nuts to attach the chain to the frame. Is there any issue or foreseen problem with drilling, say, 1/2" holes, either two or four per side, through the frame rail?
Also, is there a foreseen problem with lifting both wheels and thereby axles at the same time if I use a bottle jack on the frame at the front and back of the tandem wheels? Or, would it be better if I just stick to lifting one axle at a time and doing one wheel at a time?
Please forgive me if any of my terminologies are not technically correct, Lord knows I took enough abuse over the "Hot Water Heater" episode! ;)
Cheers!
Mike
