My
axle was doing this /--\ so ...
I took my lil egg to a small local trailer manufacturing company which had never worked with a lil egg before ...they measured and while they were doing that I made a cardinal mistake, I mention that I had read where someone had used a Dexter #9 on a little trailer.... it was a
boler... (I'm betting they have a FLAT TRAILER) to install these axles you must turn the around backwards... He checked it out and ordered one ...the
axle arrive from redneck, the employee cut off the old
axle, welded on the new bolt on brackets right where the old bracket had been and bolted on the axle .... and IMHO thats when things went from from bad to worse. it changed the center of the hub backwards 4 1/2" ....I told them that I could have bought the axle and messed up this bad myself!!!!!!for lots cheaper... as I was telling the owner that It was really unacceptable...
so now they have been spending today modifiying the trailer to allow for the axle to move 4 1/2" forward... 1st Major problem the bends on my castia are right in front the axle and wont allow the plate you bolt on or weld on to the frame to be able to move forward ..... Solution add a 3" lift between the axle and frame ... the bend in the frame is close to a 45 deg angle ... so my calculation figure for every 1" lift they can move the mounting bracket foward 1 "
So they are adding lift between the axle and frame and reinforcement...how they are going to gain the other 1 1/2 " to get back to center is still a mystery to me at this point ... But after I complain about the install job the owner agreed to make it right.. Heres a Before and After pic..... I will post a new After AFTER pic when I get the Egg back...