Realy need some axle dimentions

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kraken

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In desperate need of the axle dimensions of the ezloader trailer. I cant move my boat till I replace the axles. The boat is the v20 with the inboard outboard engine. I need hub face, spring centers, and
overall tip to tip of axle measurements. The axle is also made up of square tubing.
 
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kraken said:
In desperate need of the axle dimensions of the ezloader trailer. I cant move my boat till I replace the axles. The boat is the v20 with the inboard outboard engine. I need hub face, spring centers, and
overall tip to tip of axle measurements. The axle is also made up of square tubing.
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This is a silly question . . . but can't you crawl under the trailer with a measuring tape? if you can't (i.e. no one else is around to help) what about providing Ezloader with the model number of the trailer and asking them for that information.
 
First I would love to thank everyone for their help with this problem, never knew how hard it was to try to track down such a simple item. I called ez and talked to one of their engineers named Mike. That guy is wonderful. Took the time to look up old specs for trailers for me and spent at least an hour on the phone with me getting info. We came up with a good canidate for the axle. These are the specs.
spring center 70 1/4"
2x2 x 1/4" axle
hub face 86 1/2"
drop 3"

This sounds pretty close to the specs. I figure I will have to still go back and travel those 6 hours to get the actual specs but if they match it will make it easier to get the right size. Since I have these stats please feel free to confirm or deny these are the right axles for my trailer.

as a side note, if you have the vin number of your ezloader trailer they can actualy track as far back as 1983 for the actual engineering designs. That was a great help in our search because the 82 axle wasnt shown but 83 thru 86 used the exact same axle so we assumed that 82 used them also.
 
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Two axles, hubs, bearings, leaf springs, bolts, U bolts, hardware (backing plates), etc is going to cost more than a good used trailer.

Replacing both axles without airtools, cut off wheel, sawsall, MAP gas torch, and a solid workspace is going to be extremely time consuming and potentially dangerous with the boat still on the trailer (and you working underneath).

Dump that old POS rotten trailer where it belongs . . . and find a decent one for $700 - $1200. V20 can travel on a single axle trailer just fine.

Think about what you are talking about 12 hours of driving . . . just to double check measurements. $500+ for 2 axles, $300 - $500 for hardware, 3 weeks of waiting, 6 hours of driving up to do . . . a solid 6 - 10 hours of work . . . (god forbid you don't have everything to do the job), and another 6 hours return trip.


Where are you located? Maybe someone here has a trailer you can borrow for the trip or can give you a deal on a used one.
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Hopefully . . . this doesn't sound harsh . . . I'm just trying to share my awful experience doing nearly the exact same thing :) 5 years ago. I was lucky and found 2 new axles at Marine Connection Liquidators for $100/each with hubs, bearings, bearing buddies. It still cost me $260 for new tires and 2 new wheels, Bunks (that I made), hardware . . . etc. I was up to $700 in no time before 12 hours of hard labor.

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