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| Jerry
The engineer at Ranger asked me to look at where the upper portion of the torsion knuckle was pressed into the axle tube and to see if there was a gap. The knuckle should be tight against the tube. Mine was out about a quarter of an inch, which meant that the knuckle assembly was pulling out of the axle tube, thus throwing the trailer out of alignment. Basically in my first 4 years of owning the boat I went through several seals and three sets of tires! Once I replaced the axles, which had the new Votrtex hubs no more tire wear! I loved that boat but the trailer was crap. 2005 was the first year they went to the armor coat. I also had several places where welds developed rust because the coating did not stick to the weld. I also had the problem with the pivot tube on the swing tongue split because it was too thin,another issue Ranger knew about. Now, the torsion knuckle in press fit into the end of the axle tube into a rubber bushing. The longer the bushing the more weight the trailer will handle, but its still a pressed in application no mechanical pin or fitting. When this starts to slide out it throws the whole trailer out of alignment. Now I can't speak to the angles of the wheels when making a tight turn. All I know is that when backing the trailer into my drive it made me sick how those wheels twisted and looked. Now its my opinion that one of the reasons Ranger had so many issues with those older liquid oil bath hubs was due to the play in the torsion system they used. I believed that the seals could not handle the twisting forces. Just my two cents, but I will tell you I will never own a torsion style trailer! | |
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