Hey all,
I have an 88 travel trailer that I'm going to be swapping the axles out of for new ones.
I've seen people change tires by rolling either the front or rear wheel onto a ramp to lift the other tire on that side in the air. I'm wondering if the same can be done to remove an axle?
There's an equalizer swing arm between the front and rear leaf springs, and I will not be removing the leafs, only the axles. They are already flipped and sit under the leaf spings, so the u-bolts just need to be undone and the axles dropped. Then bolt up the new ones. The new ones I'm buying have spring saddles on top and bottom so that makes life easy for flipped axles.
Instead of using ramps though, I would likely jack up the front axle enough so that the rear wheels are off the ground, and put the front axle on jackstands so I can replace the rear axle. Then do the opposite to replace the front axle.
Would this work? The trailer frame is high off the ground, and I would have to buy some very expensive tall jacks to use on the frame. And I don't like the idea of putting the jacks on blocks, or block on the jacks, this doesn't seem stable to me.
Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks,
-Dorian
I have an 88 travel trailer that I'm going to be swapping the axles out of for new ones.
I've seen people change tires by rolling either the front or rear wheel onto a ramp to lift the other tire on that side in the air. I'm wondering if the same can be done to remove an axle?
There's an equalizer swing arm between the front and rear leaf springs, and I will not be removing the leafs, only the axles. They are already flipped and sit under the leaf spings, so the u-bolts just need to be undone and the axles dropped. Then bolt up the new ones. The new ones I'm buying have spring saddles on top and bottom so that makes life easy for flipped axles.
Instead of using ramps though, I would likely jack up the front axle enough so that the rear wheels are off the ground, and put the front axle on jackstands so I can replace the rear axle. Then do the opposite to replace the front axle.
Would this work? The trailer frame is high off the ground, and I would have to buy some very expensive tall jacks to use on the frame. And I don't like the idea of putting the jacks on blocks, or block on the jacks, this doesn't seem stable to me.
Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks,
-Dorian