Well, it happened. One of my torsion axles failed. Not surprising as 2008 is right in the range of years where Dexter got a bad batch of rubber.

I noticed it because unloaded the wheel was an inch of the ground.


It had no real load bearing ability or rebound on that one side of the front axle. I tried taking off the fender and locking out the brakes. I eventually just limped the trailer with 3 wheels on it the 10 miles to and from the launch. At least I have a tandem and put higher load range D tires on it.

So I for the warranty form from Dexter UFP.
Have them info on the trailer and off the axle tags.


Sent it in asking for 2 new replacement axles on Monday July 16th. They shipped it on July 25th from CA, and I had the axles on my doorstep on July 30th. (They paid shopping too, and the axles are 90 pounds each)



The next challenge will be getting the trailing arms off. I tried once and was able to removed the pinch bolt and drove a wedge in the gap. But they arm wouldn't budge from the splined end. I'll update my progress on that as it develops.



Last night I painted the axles with herculiner bedliner.
I also have new trailer bunks and carpet ready to go in.

Tonight I'll be dropping the boat in a friend's slip (in exchange for a bottle of vodka). Once the boat's of the trailer, we'll get to work with removal of the old axles.