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A loose or misaligned axle can throw off your trailer’s stability. This spring seat welds onto a round, 1-3/4" diameter axle (typical 2,000-lb axle) to keep everything square and supported. Its cutout lines up with the raised knob on a 1-3/4" wide leaf spring, locking the parts together so the spring won’t twist or shift under load. Once welded, it gives your suspension a solid mount point that holds alignment mile after mile.
Getting the axle and springs to fit just right is key to proper suspension movement. This seat is made specifically for 1-3/4" wide leaf springs, giving you the correct spacing and alignment without guesswork. Two seats are required per axle to complete the setup, ensuring even support on both sides.
Whether you’re fixing worn components or setting up a new suspension layout, this steel seat makes it easy to get the job done. It matches the axle material for clean welding and strong adhesion. You can position it wherever needed to adjust ride height or correct spring spacing, then weld it in place for a permanent, reliable hold.
If you’re doing an axle flip for more ground clearance, this spring seat is exactly what you need. Weld a pair of them to the opposite side of the axle to relocate the springs on top, and combine with a U-bolt kit like part #APUBR-10 for a full over-under setup. It’s a straightforward way to lift the trailer and gain the clearance you need for uneven ground or driveway transitions.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today we're going to be taking a look at a spring seat for typical 2,000 pound, round trailer axles, with a 1-3/4 inch diameter. The spring seat is a necessary component of your trailer's suspension system. When mounted with a 1-3/4 inch wide leaf spring, it adds extra support and provides proper positioning for the axle. This unit's made from a durable steel construction. It welds on to a round 1-3/4 inch diameter axle, which is a typical 2,000 axle. It sits on top of a 1-3/4 inch wide spring. The cut out on the flat side of the seat surrounds the raised knob on the leaf spring to prevent turning or shifting.
It's going to provide extra support and secure positioning for the trailer axle. Please note that two spring seats are required for each axle. A few measurements to go over with you real quick. Start with the overall length, measuring edge to edge. It's going to measure about 2-1/4 of an inch long. Overall width, measures about 1-7/8 of an inch.
The height, is just shy of 1 inch, about 15/16 of an inch tall. Then this opening, right here, the rounded point, at the widest spot, that's going to give us an opening measurement of really close to an 1-1/2, maybe 1-7/16 of an inch, right in that area. That's going to do it for today's look at the spring seat for typical 2,000 pound, round trailer axles, with a 1-3/4 inch diameter.
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Ratings & Reviews
Solid bracket and fits Dexter 2000 lb axle perfectly. Used to flip axle on the leaf spring and keep the correct camber.
Great product for mounting spring on top of axle just remember you have to weld them on
Donald K.
1/25/2017
Love the product have order more for other projects
very good products and excellent product descriptions and how to actually do the job-I had never replaced springs on a trailer. The job went smoothly without a hitch.
Worked great and went on very easy. Feels a lot better to tow a trailer with brakes!!
Just as described. Fast shipping and fits perfect.
Had my neighborhood muffler shop weld it to my axle that I inverted (mounted axle under leaf springs) to get more clearance.
Did a spring over conversion on a pop-up camper, with larger wheels. Easy and gives me a lot more ground clearance. Had to slam through a hundred yards of deep, greasy clay mud out by Chaco Canyon in NM after a big rain. All went well.
This worked great for putting a tandem axle under the pontoon trailer. no more sway, as before, with a single torsion axle. I don't have a picture cause the trailer is still in storage, because of 10' of snow this year.
Seems like quality metal. Was easy to get them welded on. Confirmed great to my 2000 lbs axle, no issues.
Shawn
4/14/2021
Everything is still great, no issues.
I had an 81 popup trailer i wanted to do an axle flip on. Found the parts here under 30 bux. Exact hardware as original and big beefy steel spring perches for welding to the axle. Highly recommend as im highly satisfied.
I have a Coleman Tent trailer and our favorite camp sites are off road. I decided to flip the axle to gain some off road clearances and level the trailer being towed by either my Truck or Jeep which have lift kits. I purchased these parts, installed and I am stoked! Great product and was easy to install. Parts were of great quality and shipped quickly. I will most definitely trust etrailer and highly recommend them. Thanks etrailer!!
Works as advertised. I had a local welder put these onto the axle for me. I ended up needing them since my harbor freight trailer had a metric dimensional spacing between the mounts and the axle I bought had a standard inches dimensional spacing. They were off by less than 1 inch, but I couldn't make it fit unless I welded on these brackets at the correct location for the trailer.
Worked out just rite, had to setup an over/under to raise trailer. Added about 3" to the ground clearance
Paul M.
9/18/2016
great
First and foremost, working with etrailer was a pleasure. They were veery helpful in many ways. Secondly, Theproducts I purchased were exactly what I needed. I flipped the axle on my utility trailer in order to beef up the springs and use larger tires. The u-bolt kits were oerfect, and after having the spring seats welded onto the axle the rest of the job went smoothly. All in all 5 out of 5.
Did the spring over last year, couldn't be happier with the product
Needed "spring over" conversion on Teardrop type camper. Dexter axle required these to do it right. Perfect fit. Time from order to shipping was longer than anticipated. So parts, availability and knowledge are great, delivery time disappointing.
Thom K.
7/7/2015
Product is great. No problems whatsoever. I heartily recommend etrailer and will use them for my next camper buildconversion.
I purchased a number of products from etrailer and I am very pleased with them all. The shipper lost my axle. When I contacted etrailer customer service, they handled my problem quickly and I had a replacement axle in a couple days. Well done!
The products were all of high quality and the assemble was much easier as a result. I have attached a few pictures of the build for those interested.
Thanks etrailer for your great products and service!!
Jim D.
1/2/2021
The trailer has performed better than my expectations. The products I purchased are all performing perfectly. When I build my next trailer, I will get all my assemble products from etrailer.com
Bought these along with the UBolt kit for a Coleman popup camper to do an "axle flip" or move the axle from above the springs to below the springs giving 3-4 inches of additional clearance. My popup has a 1.75" axle and Dexter doesn't make prefab kits for that axle. Spring seats had to be welded to my axle, but beyond that, the axle flip worked OUTSTANDING! If you go off road at all with your camper, I can't recommend enough doing this. Should have done it years ago! Spring seats worked great!
Dc
6/2/2015
Hey John, Im about to do the same thing to my 89 Coleman pop up. What u bolts did you use and what other items did you need? Just weld these opposite of the old ones and replace springs with u bolt?
John H.
6/5/2015
I ordered a couple of the 1- 3/4 U bolts from eTrailer as well. Yes, weld up the perches opposite the old ones but be sure to take some time to make sure theyre aligned both vertically and horizontally. I used a level to compare the top plane of the new perches with the bottom plane of the old ones with the axle upside down and clamped it in place before welding.
Rachael H.
6/8/2015
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Good products for a super low price. Accomplished the goal of bringing life back to a dead trailer. The leaf springs ride much better than the stock rubber torsion axle. The new hubs and bearings roll much easier than the worn out ones they replaced.
Minus:
A little disappointed in the spring bushing. It seemed like cheap plastic and was quite a bit larger than the bolt so it fit loosely. This was the only real negative I have about the purchased, and that's pretty minor.
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Providing a height of the spring would make spring selection easier. In our case we were starting with scratch for mounting springs, no preexisting mounting hardware. Knowing the height of the spring from mount to axle would have been helpful in selecting a spring for the proper ride height. In a snowmobile trailer application an inch or two in height makes a bit difference in approach angle when loading a sled. This was about the only measurement not listed for springs so we guessed, and it came out well for us in the end.
Only one of the items that I needed to beef up my 2000 lb trailer with an extra axle. As always, the etrailer parts fit and function as they should.
so far so good, just did a shake down test, all good. The trailer went straight and true. Now just waiting on my other order to come in so I can put some weight on the truck and trailer for the real test.
I was adding some supports to a trailer deck for a friend and noticed the spring seats were rusted away, found the parts quickly on etrailer shipping was fast and the trailer is ready to get back on the road.
The spring seats and u bolts kit were very reasonably priced and do the job they are supposed to do.
These brackets used in conjunction with the new u-bolt kit made switching my trailer axle from being above spring to under spring.
This has raised the trailer about 3 inches in height from stock. I have a new set of wheel and tires coming and this should take care of the slight slope as seen in the picture.
After installing everything, I took the trailer for a test drive and it tracked nicely and behaved very good on the road. No problems.
I havent really gotten a chance to use the trailer much since my purchase of the leaf springs. But they went on perfect and the stance is perfect. With a weight load , they should be just right.
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Donald K.
1/25/2017
Really happy with purchase great price a only had to buy spring mount pads to mount on opposite side of axle