The right Dexter for '71 Tradewind?

[Mikethefixit]

I have new axles coming, I will try to take some pic's of in and out. Hey Guys Lets just see how much problem an old feller of 70 yrs young does with a pair of Henshens. STAY TUNED! Andy knows Im a man of my word and I will report it honestly.
Roger

[Lumatic]

Hey, do brand new Dexter axles usually need to be aligned? So far I only changed out one of my 2 axles, and yes I am doing them both. After being up on the blocks and doing some other stuff on the belly pan I pulled the coach off the blocks and noticed the camber on one wheel on one side is different than the camber on the other wheel on that side (one new axle one old). I have not noticed any unusual tire wear on the tire on the old axle. I used a floor jack in the middle of the new axle to get the axle in an approximate position and got the axle in final position with a bottle jack on each side. I don't think I over did it jacking it up, but I've never done this kind of thing before. Could I have made a big boo boo and jacked up the floor jack too much? I would like to think the brand new axle is aligned properly by the factory and the excessive camber is more likely on the old 37 year old axle. The service manual says "camber is the smallest offender of alignment problems since it has to be extremely out of tolerance before any great tire wear is noticed".

[HiHoAgRV]

I have noticed that my new axles seem to let the tires move around more than the old if the load is uneven. Its therefore possible that your new axle is loaded funny because of the worn old one. I suspect that during installation a floor jack would have to push pretty had to deflect the new axle past it's point of elasticity and permanately deform.
Stick in the second axle and park on a level spot, all tires will probably look normal!

[Lumatic]

Just looked up axle removal and replacement in the service manual. Says use a floor jack in the middle of the axle