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Cutting Dexter Torflex axle
I have a pair of 3500# Dexter Torflex axles. They are too narrow for
the trailer frame I would like to mount them under. Has anyone successfully cut and lengthened the tube. I don't know how far the rubber extends into the axle tube. |
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Cutting Dexter Torflex axle
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I have a pair of 3500# Dexter Torflex axles. They are too narrow for the trailer frame I would like to mount them under. Has anyone successfully cut and lengthened the tube. I don't know how far the rubber extends into the axle tube. https://www.storesonlinepro.com/stor...page/249824203 I did an image search for "Dexter Torflex Axle" and that was one result . Looks like if you cut it right in the center you can widen it . -- Snag |
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Cutting Dexter Torflex axle
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:04:02 -0600, "Terry Coombs"
wrote: wrote: I have a pair of 3500# Dexter Torflex axles. They are too narrow for the trailer frame I would like to mount them under. Has anyone successfully cut and lengthened the tube. I don't know how far the rubber extends into the axle tube. https://www.storesonlinepro.com/stor...page/249824203 I did an image search for "Dexter Torflex Axle" and that was one result . Looks like if you cut it right in the center you can widen it . I'd certainly check with Dexter before cutting one. It sounds to me that the rubber is -suspending- the regular torsion bars. -- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. -- Scott Adams, 'The Dilbert Principle' |
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Cutting Dexter Torflex axle
Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:04:02 -0600, "Terry Coombs" wrote: wrote: I have a pair of 3500# Dexter Torflex axles. They are too narrow for the trailer frame I would like to mount them under. Has anyone successfully cut and lengthened the tube. I don't know how far the rubber extends into the axle tube. https://www.storesonlinepro.com/stor...page/249824203 I did an image search for "Dexter Torflex Axle" and that was one result . Looks like if you cut it right in the center you can widen it . I'd certainly check with Dexter before cutting one. It sounds to me that the rubber is -suspending- the regular torsion bars. Looks that way to me too , Larry . But if the picture is accurate the rubber doesn't go all the way to the center . Cut it , insert some close-fitting tube and weld it back together - taking care to keep the rubber area cooled .. -- Snag |
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Cutting Dexter Torflex axle
On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 06:49:09 -0600, "Terry Coombs"
wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:04:02 -0600, "Terry Coombs" wrote: wrote: I have a pair of 3500# Dexter Torflex axles. They are too narrow for the trailer frame I would like to mount them under. Has anyone successfully cut and lengthened the tube. I don't know how far the rubber extends into the axle tube. https://www.storesonlinepro.com/stor...page/249824203 I did an image search for "Dexter Torflex Axle" and that was one result . Looks like if you cut it right in the center you can widen it . I'd certainly check with Dexter before cutting one. It sounds to me that the rubber is -suspending- the regular torsion bars. Looks that way to me too , Larry . But if the picture is accurate the rubber doesn't go all the way to the center . Cut it , insert some close-fitting tube and weld it back together - taking care to keep the rubber area cooled . OK, but I wouldn't trust the illustration. And close-fitting tubing can be tough to find, depending on the axle tubing thickness. Besides, I'd want a drop-bed-style axle to ground the load on my trailer. g The only way to fly. http://tinyurl.com/zzlan56 and http://www.klingertrailer.com/s/cc_i...he_6988171.jpg -- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. -- Scott Adams, 'The Dilbert Principle' |
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