96motorhead
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I bought a new front axle for my tandem axle leaf sprung boat trailer and I noticed that the new front axle is out of alignment on the passenger side. I came to this conclusion by mounting a 2ft straight edge to the hub face and measuring the distance from the hub face to the trailer frame. The driver side has a difference of 1/8" over the 2ft span of the straight edge, the passenger side has a 1/2" difference from front to back of the same 2ft straight edge.
The original front and rear axles are much straighter with a difference of less than 1/16" using the same 2ft straight edge and measuring to the same spot on the trailer frame.
What is an acceptable axle toe tolerance for a tandem axle trailer axle? A difference of a 1/2" over a 2ft distance seems very excessive to me and I'm worried about this causing uneven tire wear or even worse a blow out in the middle of the desert, what do you guys say?
The original front and rear axles are much straighter with a difference of less than 1/16" using the same 2ft straight edge and measuring to the same spot on the trailer frame.
What is an acceptable axle toe tolerance for a tandem axle trailer axle? A difference of a 1/2" over a 2ft distance seems very excessive to me and I'm worried about this causing uneven tire wear or even worse a blow out in the middle of the desert, what do you guys say?
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