labor to remove and replace trailer equalizer bushings

And since it's a wet bolt kit, you'll be able to grease all of your bushings. That'll give you a similar ride type and quality of what you had before, but you're gonna get that upgraded Road Armor dampening along with heavier-duty components. So to compensate for those different dimensions, the shackle links here are a little bit longer than what you would have on your factory setup to compensate for that. And then the distance from the hanger down, it's a little bit lower than what the factory one is here. You can see that our Lippert one, or the Road Armor there, is a little bit closer together, the distance there. But the dimensions are gonna be a little bit different. 'Cause the Road Armor will work with trailer setups, with axles between 3,500 and 8,000 pounds, so they actually fit quite a large amount of trailers. It does have a thicker shackle, so they are heavy duty shackles, so you're gonna get an upgrade there, it's gonna outlast your factory setup.īut they're also specifically designed to work with the Road Armor. The wet bolt kit here is designed to work with Lippert's Road Armor. We're still gettin' a couple of pops from the weight distribution system that's installed, but it is significantly quieter than what it was before. Here you can see 'em in action, and right away I can notice that a lot of the squeaks and noises that we had before are now gone. Now we're gonna go back out on the test course with our new equalizers installed. It could be some from his weight distribution system that he has installed, but we'll find out after we install our new equalizers. It's a pretty noisy setup, I mean, there are a lotta squeaks and stuff. Before we install our equalizers, we're just gonna take it out on the test course and see how it operates. Today we're gonna be taking a look at Lippert's wet bolt kit for the Road Armor Equalizer.

Jake Hi there, tandem-axle trailer owners.

Again, indicating toe-in.ġ) Why is the inside of the tire wearing if the wheel is toed-in?Ģ) How do I correct this? Certainly there are bushings that could be worn in the pivot points of the leaf springs, but there doesn't appear to be any adjustment that can be made to the suspension.Video Transcript for Lippert Tandem Axle Road Armor Wet Bolts and Shackles Kit Review

On the LEFT side (the problem side) it's a different story: with the straight edge placed against the sidewalls of the rear tire, the straight edge does not make contact with the sidewalls of the front tire, there is a 3/8' gap at the rear and a 3/4' gap at the front. When I put a long straight edge across the sidewalls on each side, the RIGHT side (the good side) the alignment is perfect: the straight edge makes contact at all 4 points with zero gaps. (See attached image for a diagram with measurements.) When I measure center wheel to center wheel on the two sides, the RIGHT side (the good side) is 1/2' shorter than the left side. I've done some internet research and took some measurements, but it's not making sense to me. The other 3 tires have excellent deep tread with uniform wear. The inside edge of the front left tire is worn to the point of being almost bald - which would generally be a symptom of toe-out. I've only owned it for one season, so I don't have any info on it's history, but there's no obvious damage to the axles or structure. I have a 2011 20' Keystone travel trailer with tandem axles.

Labor to remove and replace trailer equalizer bushings