Having Axles re-cambered??
 

I bought My 272 Baja and Eagle trailer brand new 12 years ago, 6 sets of tires and alot of miles later the axles are letting the wheels and tires tip in enough to eat the tread off the inside of the tires. You can clearly see the axles have bent enough to allow the tires to run screwed up, the last set of tires wore off on the inside to cords and this set is quickly doing the same thing. I talked to local trailer place about buying new axles and to my surprise they told me if I pulled my axles and brought them in the could re-camber them as good as new. I was ready to buy new ones, when I questioned these guys they told me it was a waste of money (to buy new ones) and new ones would bend just as quick unless I switched to something heavier. My question is has anyone else done this? How long before they are tilted in again, it took a good 8 or 9 years the first time. I tow this thing pretty fast and hard BUT My Ex is long gone that was famous for stuffing 1200 lbs of shiit in the boat for long towing trips which pushed the total weight close to the limit of the axles and I also started trying to tow with gas tank as empty as possible when covering alot of ground I have worked with enough metal though I am inclined to believe once it has fatigued it will do it again much quicker. Is only 140$ to have both axles put in a alignment fixture then tweaked back to specs vs 500$ plus for new ones , the money isn't a big deal, I will spend it IF I need to but if they are just as good as new after this why bother, Smitty

For $140 I would give that a shot first. Most likely they will put a little more camber in them than original so that way when they are weighed down they will have a little outer camber at the top or be straight up.

I bought an axle awhile back for a hog roaster I built, the place I bought it from says that's all they sell now (cambered axles that is).

fixx
 

take down the saddle measurements and hub to hub and surf ebay,,they are almost giving them away on their..and their new ones..

once their bent thats it they will bend back again..

Buy new!. You could also put a heavier axle in place of the orginals if you are going to keep it for a while. Check your springs and shackels also for wear. Unless you have torsion axles.

Heavier axles is a idea BUT I have probably towed this trailer and boat 70,000 hard miles for these to get the way they are and I used to tow with full tank of gas and a bunch of crap in the boat putting it close to the limit of the axles. I no longer do that and I tow this boat about 1500 miles a year now so buying new heavier axles, new wheel hubs, new brake drums and hardware and new tires/wheels would be a signifiigant expense for a 12 year old boat that I don't love, Smitty

12 years old and you dont love her, come on thats one fast sob you got to love her some.

I love the blower whine and being planted into the seat when I go to wot but other than that I have dreams of a boat I don't have to crawl around in the cabin in and doesn't beat me to death in 2-3's so depending on my job future I been watching for a deal on something bigger. So-if this was ten years ago I would buy the biggest, baddest axles out there but for now I'm going to probably have thse bent back, Smitty

You may be able to bend them yourself.

Get a good bottle jack, set it in the middle of the axle, and lift the trailer with the full weight of the boat on it. Use apropriate saftey precautions, of course.

Had a trailer that the axles made contact with the hull ever so slightly as they crawled over curbs or such.
The axles had a nice arch to them, as all do. Didn't want to redo teh bunks to raise the boat higher, so I took it to a trailer shop where they rebent the axles in 3 spots to give them a 'V' appearance to give them hull clearance. Never had any issues with those axles in the time I owned that boat wanting straighten back out or bend more at the new bends. I trust the trailer shop does this work all the time, it's their job. I'd like to think they know what they are doing.

fixx
 

really,,the axle didnt get shorter with the bends..when i bend exhaust systems the pipe always seems shorter when im done,,even if its a slight W..