Recent content by pclausen

I paid $500 for the axle from a commercial seller on eBay. He had it listed for $595, but I got him down to $500. He specialize in military gear and currently has about 2,500 items listed. I'm sure if I had gotten lucky and found one on GP, it would have been a lot less, but I would have had...

Picked up the new axle today. Deal I made with seller was that I would pick it up myself at the dock (about 45 miles away). Not a bad deal given what I got it for. Rated for 2.5T, the trailer is quite underrated at 1T it seems: Matches the old one perfectly: Spindle is nice and straight...

Thanks for the link @2Pbfeet ! Will come in very handy. I ordered some batteries for the digital calipers, so once I get those, I'll measure the plug to see what I got. I also think I'll drop by the local hydraulic shop and they seem to carry just about everything. I went there when I was...

Also fund this:

So here's one of the "5/8-14 plugs". Its definitely 14 thread pitch: This is also confirmed by holding against my 3/4" 14 vent cap: Its tapered for sure: It sits on the edge of the 3/4" hole but won't drop in: Just like my 3/4" vent sits over the 1" hole without dropping in: So...

I've been working on fixing up the trailer and have another thread going on that over here. But I ran into a snag on the aux fuel tank. Turns out the larger bungs are all 5/8-14 NPT which are non standard, so the 3/4-14 Fumoto valve and breather are both too large. I returned them and ordered...

Saturday was nice with temps in the 50s and sunny, so I got the frame into my shop extension where I can power wash and prep it for POR-15. It was too tall to fit in there standing up: So I laid it back down, picked it up from the side and transferred it to junior: Even without axle and...

Decided to remove the old axle while I wait for the new one to get here. I noticed these things that attach the parking brake cables to the backing plate are in rough shape. Do replacements exists for these? Got the shocks and brake line removed from the axle: Axle removed: Took the...

Albany GA is 620 miles from me, so that would be over 1,200 miles round trip, so I decided to pass on those chassis. I cleaned up the spindle some, but quickly realized that by the time it was smooth, my clearances would be too large for the new bearing. I also found that the area of the...

Thanks for the heads up! I'll definitely keep an eye out for that. The bearings that Google AI told me I needed for the A3 axle were way too small. Ordered from etrailer via the link at the top of this section. Going to make a template from the straight spindle and use it when heating up the...

Heating it up to straighten it out doesn't look like too bad a job...

Also noticed that the inner bearing seat is mushed at the bottom from the angled spindle which evidently caused a lot of pressure here: The more I think about it, the more I think I was really lucky to make it the 300 miles back from Pittsburg!

I put the axle nut on finger tight (took out all the slop) and used a couple of aluminum flats to measure the difference at the inner race seat: So that works out to a difference of about 3/32". I'm sure specs state it should not be out more than a few 1000s.... I don't suppose a shop...

I'm not worried about the angle of the overall wheel/tire to the ground, I'm more worried that the inner and outer races are inline, which they won't be if the spindle is bent between those 2 locations. The replacement inner bearings should get here tomorrow (assuming they are the correct ones...

Not that I can tell. I purchased the trailer 4 years ago from a guy in Pittsburg. I drove it the 300 miles back to Virginia and it did ok. Since then I have only driven it around on my own land (maybe 10 miles total tops). I am adding a 80 gallon aux tank to it and it will see regular use...