I was wondering if you "flipped" ( not really flipped but moved from top of the springs to the bottom of the springs) the axles by yourself
or did you pay someone to do it for you? About how much $$ ?
On my last trailer ( 35' ) I had the shop do the work because I did not have the time...
Now on my new trailer ( also 35' ) I'm thinking about doing it myself to save the $$$.
What is your experience on doing this? Thanks,Robert.
Easy.
QUOTE (RumpityRump @ Jul 12 2009, 01:59 AM) 
I was wondering if you "flipped" ( not really flipped but moved from top of the springs to the bottom of the springs) the axles by yourself
or did you pay someone to do it for you? About how much $$ ?
On my last trailer ( 35' ) I had the shop do the work because I did not have the time...
Now on my new trailer ( also 35' ) I'm thinking about doing it myself to save the $$$.
What is your experience on doing this? Thanks,Robert.
or did you pay someone to do it for you? About how much $$ ?
On my last trailer ( 35' ) I had the shop do the work because I did not have the time...
Now on my new trailer ( also 35' ) I'm thinking about doing it myself to save the $$$.
What is your experience on doing this? Thanks,Robert.
I have not done it myself, however my father inlaw did his and was only a 2.5 hour job by himself. The dealership here in Fresno wanted $500.00 to do the work. I will say if you have a sand car and can avoid flipping the axles it sure makes loading the cars easier to load at the stock heighth. A couple of folks i have spoken to about this have raised trailers to match the trucks they pull them with and say they end up slipping the schiat out of their clutches getting the cars loaded.. just something to think about.
Tell your buddies who are slipping their clutches to try a different method.
Drive up to the ramp in first gear. Shut off the engine, and use the starter to walk the car in. It goes in nice and controllable and faster than a winch. I've done this a few times and it works great.
Drive up to the ramp in first gear. Shut off the engine, and use the starter to walk the car in. It goes in nice and controllable and faster than a winch. I've done this a few times and it works great.
QUOTE (rocketpower @ Jul 12 2009, 03:41 AM)
QUOTE (RumpityRump @ Jul 12 2009, 01:59 AM)
I was wondering if you "flipped" ( not really flipped but moved from top of the springs to the bottom of the springs) the axles by yourself
or did you pay someone to do it for you? About how much $$ ?
On my last trailer ( 35' ) I had the shop do the work because I did not have the time...
Now on my new trailer ( also 35' ) I'm thinking about doing it myself to save the $$$.
What is your experience on doing this? Thanks,Robert.
or did you pay someone to do it for you? About how much $$ ?
On my last trailer ( 35' ) I had the shop do the work because I did not have the time...
Now on my new trailer ( also 35' ) I'm thinking about doing it myself to save the $$$.
What is your experience on doing this? Thanks,Robert.
I have not done it myself, however my father inlaw did his and was only a 2.5 hour job by himself. The dealership here in Fresno wanted $500.00 to do the work. I will say if you have a sand car and can avoid flipping the axles it sure makes loading the cars easier to load at the stock heighth. A couple of folks i have spoken to about this have raised trailers to match the trucks they pull them with and say they end up slipping the schiat out of their clutches getting the cars loaded.. just something to think about.
No sand car.....just quads over here.
most shops around usually get about 150 per axle to "flip" them. for a triple axle that 450. 500 for a double axle is expensive though. its not a hard job, but i dont have enough jacks and stands to do it safely.
You can not just move the axles to the bottom. This axles have a pre-load, so you will need to weld new spring pads. We do these type of jobs at work alot, 4 hours at $85 per hour.
I just had my triple axle trailer flipped and all new spring hardware installed. At least now I can properly lube the suspension and have the piece of mind that the shackles won't snap or wear thru. Since I lost 2 tires on the way back from G over last T-Giving. They were probably rubbing in the wheel wells or could have failed due to age. Since buying new tires I wanted to take any precautions.
The axles have a 3 degree camber so you have to weld on new spring perches, so it’s not just flipping them to the bottom of the springs. You need longer center spring bolts if you have shocks so you can re-use the existing tieplate/shock mounts between the spring and the axle otherwise longer shocks will be needed. New U-bolts and hardware are a good idea and of course the new equalizers and HD hardware.
Yes, generally around $400 for a tandem axle. A little more for a triple. I paid $600 and that included pressing the new spring sleeves, spring perches, U-bolts, tieplates etc.
Here is the kit I bought.
http://shop.easternmarine.com/index.cfm?fu...;categoryID=179
The axles have a 3 degree camber so you have to weld on new spring perches, so it’s not just flipping them to the bottom of the springs. You need longer center spring bolts if you have shocks so you can re-use the existing tieplate/shock mounts between the spring and the axle otherwise longer shocks will be needed. New U-bolts and hardware are a good idea and of course the new equalizers and HD hardware.
Yes, generally around $400 for a tandem axle. A little more for a triple. I paid $600 and that included pressing the new spring sleeves, spring perches, U-bolts, tieplates etc.
Here is the kit I bought.
http://shop.easternmarine.com/index.cfm?fu...;categoryID=179
QUOTE (socaldmax @ Jul 12 2009, 08:24 AM)
Tell your buddies who are slipping their clutches to try a different method.
Drive up to the ramp in first gear. Shut off the engine, and use the starter to walk the car in. It goes in nice and controllable and faster than a winch. I've done this a few times and it works great.
Drive up to the ramp in first gear. Shut off the engine, and use the starter to walk the car in. It goes in nice and controllable and faster than a winch. I've done this a few times and it works great.
I have done this myself, in a pinch, and it is so hard on a starter. To prove it to your self pull the bendex on the starter look at the contacts after normal use, pull into the trailer a couple of times and then with the starter and then look at the contacts they will look like you were trying to weld with them.
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