I recently picked up a 2016 21rbs, and the seller was nice enough to have the original tires replaced before went to pick it up, so I ordered Carlisle Radial Trail HD 205/75R-14's, same size as the originals, had them shipped to his house, and he had them installed locally. Problem is, there is now much less room between the tire and the wheel well. Some big bumps will certainly make those tires rub. (it's fine on smooth road). It was suggested I can install a simple lift kit.
Not so simple....
I reached out to Dexter this morning with my axle model # 3792525, and they came back with the following:
"Your axle is a #10 Torflex with side mount hangers, but they have 3" high brackets. We cannot put lift kits on axles with 3" brackets. Even if you put regular brackets on it, the lift kit will only lift 2.63". Less than you have now."
So...any thought on what my options are?
Reach out to etrailer.com and see if they have any ideas on safely improving clearance. if neither Dexter nor etrailer have a solution, I think you'll need to sell the tires you have and go back to the OEM size. You can determine diameter of various sizes at the discount tire size calculator.
Edit. Ok, I see from your post the OEM size is what you purchased. I wonder why there is less clearance? Trailer suspension does not have much travel. Maybe post a photo of your setup so others on here with a 12RBS can chime in?
https://aluminumcamperforum.com/index.php?topic=804.msg5841#msg5841
Quote from: Merlin on June 11, 2021, 05:33:50 PM
Reach out to etrailer.com and see if they have any ideas on safely improving clearance. if neither Dexter nor etrailer have a solution, I think you'll need to sell the tires you have and go back to the OEM size. You can determine diameter of various sizes at the discount tire size calculator.
Edit. Ok, I see from your post the OEM size is what you purchased. I wonder why there is less clearance? Trailer suspension does not have much travel. Maybe post a photo of your setup so others on here with a 12RBS can chime in?
https://aluminumcamperforum.com/index.php?topic=804.msg5841#msg5841
I don't know much about tires (or anything else for that matter,lol), but the new tires are D rated, where I would imagine the originals are C rated. Perhaps thats the difference. Pics tomorrow. There was an old thread in the archives where a guy got his axles replaced under warranty, complaining of the same thing. Dexter told me they could not help. Will call e-trailer next.
Load rating has no bearing on size. Size is size (+/- within the bounds of good taste)
I got the tandem axles replaced under warranty with a start angle of 22 degrees down. The original axles were 10 degrees down. I've never had any problems since.
https://aluminumcamperforum.com/index.php?topic=480.0
Quote from: tt2retire on June 15, 2021, 04:28:29 AM
I got the tandem axles replaced under warranty with a start angle of 22 degrees down. The original axles were 10 degrees down. I've never had any problems since.
https://aluminumcamperforum.com/index.php?topic=480.0
the 2016 is not under warranty, and there's no LL dealers. but thanks for the update.
The warranty work is being performed by KZ Dealers but your Dexter axles typically have a 5 year warranty by Dexter.