When it comes to owning a trailer, proper maintenance is a necessity. Today, we're going to be showing you how to take care of your lug nuts and how to torque them down correctly. We're going to begin by reinstalling our wheel. We're going to take our lug nuts and thread them on hand tight. The nuts are going to have a flat side and a tapered side. We want to make sure that the taper side faces… see more >
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If your trailer axle doesn't currently have brake mounting flanges you have a couple of options, one of which is to simply weld on flanges like you mentioned. A brake mounting flange needs to be welded perfectly square and concentric, which…
view full answer...In order to determine the torque rating for the lug nuts on your trailer you will need to know check out the chart I attached that shows all of the torque specs for all the trailer lugs available based on stud size, wheel material and wheel size.
view full answer...In order to recommend a replacement gearbox, I'd need to know the manufacturer and model number of your existing landing gear. I'd try operating that leg independently of the gear box if possible, which will confirm the gear box as…
view full answer...What you described is definitely a bad gear box on your Venture landing gear. So what you'll need is the replacement gear box part #LG-179015 and you'd be set! If you ever need to replace the motors too they are part number…
view full answer...If you get the Out of Stroke error message on the Lippert Ground Control system, such as #LC358590, then that indicates that the jack has extended as far as it will go and cannot go any further. To clear the error you can extend all of the jacks in…
view full answer...The Lippert Landing Gear Leg model LCI PN241846 on your landing gear system refers to the Lippert Heavy Duty Landing Gear Master Leg #LC241846. For a repair kit that will work nicely with this leg, you can use the Lippert Lead Leg Repair Kit…
view full answer...The 241845 actually comes back to the Replacement Heavy-Duty Landing Gear Jack Leg #LC241845 which is the replacement leg for the Ground Control 2.0 which does not have a gear repair kit available so you would need to replace the leg with a new…
view full answer...For a 3500 lb axle, your options for bearing sizes are greatly narrowed down so that makes things a lot easier. You just need to determine your bolt pattern of your wheels. For traditional 5 on 4-1/2 inch bolt pattern, Trailer Hub and Drum Assembly…
view full answer...In order to install the Dexter Electric Trailer Brake Assembly part #K23-086-00 on your trailer you will need to install a brake mounting flange as well. Based on the photo you submitted, there isn't room to install a brake mounting flange on…
view full answer...Capacity is what will have the capacity as opposed to the spindle, and the correct brake mounting flange will depend on the diameter of your axle. Since you mentioned a 3,500 lbs I assume that is your axle's capacity and typically those…
view full answer...It is potentially possible to change a hub from bolts to standard screw-in wheel studs. In order to do this a number of features have to match up between the bolts and studs. The diameters of both the original bolts and the replacement studs must…
view full answer...To prevent theft of your Portable Power Watchdog Surge Protector with Bluetooth #HU97FR you can run the Master Lock Python Cable Lock #8419DPF through the metal holder on the cable (pictured below) and around the power pedestal.
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