Now a bent axle????

Hemifish69;623364 Im asking for suggestions on which axles from which vendors would be the best said:

Just a followup point as we are replacing the axles on our 2015 Prowler this week (same axles as on the BH270 by the looks of it). After 5 years of use, there was excessive tire wear on the inside of the left rear axle, and medium wear on the inside elsewhere. The rear axle visually showed a negative camber on the left side compared to the front axle. No idea if this is just travel wear. Trailer was never overloaded to my knowledge (but it IS a heavy trailer to start with).

Talked to local spring/suspension shop; replacement axles from dexter were $125 (beam only) or HD axles from local manufacturer (CERKA) for $220. (all prices CDN). Opted to go for the CERKA HD axles, which also come with the E-Z Lube setup found in newer axles from Dexter. Paid extra to have them built expressly so they can be changed this week.
Existing hubs/brakes will be transferred to new beams.

Hopefully this will fix the problem.

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windviewer said:

Just a followup point as we are replacing the axles on our 2015 Prowler this week (same axles as on the BH270 by the looks of it). After 5 years of use, there was excessive tire wear on the inside of the left rear axle, and medium wear on the inside elsewhere. The rear axle visually showed a negative camber on the left side compared to the front axle. No idea if this is just travel wear. Trailer was never overloaded to my knowledge (but it IS a heavy trailer to start with).

Talked to local spring/suspension shop; replacement axles from dexter were $125 (beam only) or HD axles from local manufacturer (CERKA) for $220. (all prices CDN). Opted to go for the CERKA HD axles, which also come with the E-Z Lube setup found in newer axles from Dexter. Paid extra to have them built expressly so they can be changed this week.
Existing hubs/brakes will be transferred to new beams.

Hopefully this will fix the problem.

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Hemifish69 said:

Money well spent. Can't begin to fathom the replies here that said to " bend the axles back" they bent once, why wouldn't they fail again? I couldn't be more pleased with the replacement axles. Mainly because now I don't have to think about them. Now have about 2k miles on.

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JohnD said:

The new axles can get bent just as easily as the original axles did.

All it takes is the right pothole in the wrong place...

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