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Panama Red · 09-04-2014, 09:51 AM

You may be lazy, but you really did a number on that thing! Maybe after I retire...

-Red, realizing we have entirely hijacked this poor guys thread... Sorry OP, I'll stop now.

nickclifford · 09-04-2014, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Minno

Do you need new axles? If they are the original ones, then you probably do. If yes, then you can get new axles with more lift (more of a down-angle). We did, and it raised our 72 Sovereign 3 to 4 inches.

Chris

my axles would be original but very low milage and stored correctly i believe.
might me worth the expense though, any idea on an approx cost ?

J. Morgan · 09-04-2014, 11:34 PM

If my memory is working right tonight, about $1,400 complete and delivered.

It is t the miles that kill these axles it is time.

They use rubber torsion springs. The rubber gets hard and breaks down, the suspension gets very stiff.

The word around the campfire is that the axles last about 25 years under normal use.

Minno · 09-05-2014, 07:17 AM

When we jacked up Little Girl (also a '72 Sovereign) to put her on blocks after we brought her home, the tires lifted as soon as we started jacking up the trailer. There was no spring or movement left in the axles. From what I've read, storing for long periods of time is the worse thing for these axles. The rubber losses its flex.

Panama Red · 09-05-2014, 07:20 AM

I SOOOOOO wanted to get away with not changing the axles on my '74... But, like Little Girl, there was very little to no movement on mine when I jacked it up. Didn't want to spend the money, but very happy I did.

-Red

dznf0g · 09-05-2014, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by J. Morgan

The wood in my trailer was my first carpentry experience, it was far easier to accomplish than it might appear.

When I would start some sub project I would ask myself what is the easiest way to accomplish the what I want to do... I am lazy that way.

I believe it was Mark Twain who said, "Progress isn't made by early risers. It is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Words I live by!