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On Jul 7, 11:46*am, W1TEF wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 08:18:46 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc wrote: I'm doing this because I'm thinking that over the 20 yeasr of it's life it has slowly sagged in the other direction. *Now I'm trying to make it sag back the other way but hopefully a bit faster since I'm putting a lot more stress on it. Ah - I get it - you're right, I misunderstood what you said. Gotta wonder though if, and I think this is what you were getting at, it's bent in the other direction. *Have you put put a straight edge on it - like, say a carpenter or mason's level on the axel? Since the tires wore out on the insides equally it would seem that the camber is negative. Since it's 20 years old and has sat on the tires with a boat on it that whole time I'm thinking it developed that negative camber slowly over time due to the load. At first I though maybe my springs were rusted together increasing the load but I loosened one and the leafs are free. |
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On Jul 7, 12:28*pm, I am Tosk wrote:
In article , says... On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:10:05 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc wrote: 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... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - We race for cheese!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. |
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On Jul 7, 1:07*pm, I am Tosk wrote:
In article 3f5d6d9a-cff0-42d5-84f7- , says... On Jul 7, 12:28 pm, I am Tosk wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:10:05 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc wrote: 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... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - We race for cheese!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - We race for cheese!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. |
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"jamesgangnc" wrote in message ... On Jul 7, 11:46 am, W1TEF wrote: On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 08:18:46 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc wrote: I'm doing this because I'm thinking that over the 20 yeasr of it's life it has slowly sagged in the other direction. Now I'm trying to make it sag back the other way but hopefully a bit faster since I'm putting a lot more stress on it. Ah - I get it - you're right, I misunderstood what you said. Gotta wonder though if, and I think this is what you were getting at, it's bent in the other direction. Have you put put a straight edge on it - like, say a carpenter or mason's level on the axel? Since the tires wore out on the insides equally it would seem that the camber is negative. Since it's 20 years old and has sat on the tires with a boat on it that whole time I'm thinking it developed that negative camber slowly over time due to the load. At first I though maybe my springs were rusted together increasing the load but I loosened one and the leafs are free. Here's a bit of experience I had with Dexter Axle. I bought an axle that had no camber and no toe. Sent that one back and got a new one with good camber but had toe out. Third axle was the charm It had acceptable camber and toe in. Conclusion: Even reputable mfrs. don't always get it right the first time. You should find out for yourself if your axle has a bend problem. If it does, contact a axle/spring/frame shop and see if they will fix it for you. Ask them if the bend process weakens the axle. Maybe it needs to be re hardened after bending. The frame shop will know. |
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jamesgangnc wrote:
On Jul 7, 12:28 pm, I am wrote: In , says... On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:10:05 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc wrote: 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... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - We race for cheese!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. Does galvanized welding really exist or are you referring to an axle galvanized after it was welded? |
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On Jul 8, 1:39*am, "Bill McKee" wrote:
"jamesgangnc" wrote in message ... On Jul 7, 12:28 pm, I am Tosk wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:10:05 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc wrote: 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... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - We race for cheese!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. Last axle I bought from Century Rim and Wheel was only $298 with new disk brakes and calipers installed.http://www.championtrailers.com/spdlubax.htmlHas axles in the $200 range. And they are the Dexter Spindle Lube axles. *Easy to grease.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yes, I like champion. I've used them before. And my axle is $240 from them. Plus shipping, the extra $15 handling, and then you're getting to the $300. |
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"jamesgangnc" wrote in message ... On Jul 7, 1:07 pm, I am Tosk wrote: In article 3f5d6d9a-cff0-42d5-84f7- , says... On Jul 7, 12:28 pm, I am Tosk wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:10:05 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc wrote: 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... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - We race for cheese!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - We race for cheese!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. I had a sailboat with the old original 1986 trailer. The trailer was rated at 1200 lbs, which is what the boat hull was supposed to weigh leaving the factory. Later found that my boat actually weighed just over 1700 lbs. In my case...it was the tongue that had developed a downward facing bow. If you know what the rig weighed new, I'd take it to a weigh station and see what it weighs now. Is that trailer up to the load after long service? |
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