[VAC] Re: Leaf Spring type Axle

["Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer" <geraldj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You might have to go to a custom axle just to get the right length. No
end of welding shops and trailer builders (especially for horse and
cattle trailers) stock the axle stubs (including
www.northern-online.com), axle tubing, brake plates, hubs, springs,
drums, and bearings. I've heard on this list that the horse trailer
shops are more reasonable on prices than the RV shops for exactly the
same parts. Assembling a custom axle from those parts should require
less than an hour of shop time, just one cut to set the axle length, two
welds to insert the axle stubs and maybe a couple welds to hold on the
spring plates. Maybe a couple quick welds to hold on brake plate flanges
but those may be parts of the axle stubs. Less time if you do the final
bearing packing and assembly.

If your Overlander is like later trailers the axle width will be
critical to getting the tires to fit in the wheel wells without hitting.

Gerald J.