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On Jul 7, 1:07*pm, I am Tosk wrote:
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On Jul 7, 12:28 pm, I am Tosk wrote:
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On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:10:05 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc
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It's not visibly out of straight or visibly bent anywhere. I'm not
trying to bend it at one point, I'm trying to bend it all across the
axle. So I'm thinking we're talking about nanometers of strech at any
one given point on the axle. I'm having trouble seeing how that
weakens it any appreciable amount. Not to mention that if I take it
to a shop they are just going to "bend" it as well. Since it's
galvanized they can't heat treat it. So I think your "weakened"
theory doesn't hold water.

Well, to tell the truth, I've never had a trailer for 20 years so I
suppose I'm not totally qualified to comment, but after that long a
period of time it might have taken a "set" in one direction.

In any case, if it is "stretched" that wouldn't that mean that the
metal is stressed? Or was stressed?

I'm just trying to learn here, not object to the observations. It's
an interesting question.

Maybe you will get a different answer but when I suggested such, I was
told my argument "didn't hold water". I am assuming he is suggesting it
doesn't hold enough water to matter, but if the metal stretched, it *is*
weakened, even if only a little. Teaspoon, Gallon, Ocean, water is
water...

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I'll give you that theoretically it is stretched and weakened. *Since
it's not visibly bent it would only be a few degrees out of straight.
I'm not going to try to calculate the difference in length from the
top to the bottom of a 90" by 2" rectange whos long sides are 3
degrees out of true but I'm guessing it is pretty small. *A difference
that makes no difference is no difference. *Or by your analogy a
teaspoon of water in your bilge isn't going to change anything. *A new
axle is $300. *Since it's galvanized welding on it would not be a very
good solution.

Well, I'ss just tryin' ta' be helpful ya' know...

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I'm really looking for others that have experienced this. And what
they did about it if anything. I occasionally have seen other
trailers going down the road with tires visibly bent inward at the
top. Never gave any of it much thought until my tires wore out on the
inside only. Then a friend mentioned the same thing happened to him.
He just got new tires. He didn't do anything else.

Well, if you look back at my first answer I suggested that if you are
not having any handling problems which you seem to indicate you haven't,
I might just leave it alone, swap tire sides here and there, and buy new
tires every couple years as needed.... I noted that my buds' trailer is
way negative on the camber and he leaves it alone as it rides great,
never sways, etc... Tires are a cheap insurance policy if the rig tows
right... Just sayin'...

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