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Old 07-19-2016, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by TomParis View Post
I wish I had a single aluminum trailer with Torsion axles.

So, if I were to switch the 5 leaf springs those are 25 inches eye to eye so that is an increase of 10 inches how do I make that work, do I buy a smaller Y equalizer?
Most of the time I went to longer springs I have had to cut off the front and rear hangers and re-weld them further apart. You may could use a narrow equalizer and change shackles to make up small differences but 5" will require remounting the mounting points. The 5 leaf springs I got were only 23" or 23.5" if I remember right and I was able to make them work.
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