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A solid beam makes all the difference when you’re rebuilding a trailer that needs to track straight and stay stable. This 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" square CE Smith axle is rated for 1,800 lbs and measures 54" overall. Its straight spindles keep everything level with no drop or lift, giving your trailer a balanced, predictable ride. The square design also makes it easier to mount and align leaf springs securely for long-lasting performance.
No need to piece together hubs and bearings. This axle comes pre-assembled with studded idler hubs that have bearings, races, seals, grease caps, wheel studs, and lug nuts already in place—packed with quality calcium-sulfonate grease. The 5 on 4-1/2" bolt pattern matches common trailer wheels, so you can bolt up and go with confidence.
Finding an axle that lines up properly keeps your suspension geometry correct and your tires wearing evenly. This one measures 49-1/2" from hub face to hub face and 38-7/16" from spring center to spring center, made for a 40" frame. It’s a straightforward replacement that restores the right spacing and alignment for smooth, reliable towing.
Whether your trailer sees fresh water or salt, corrosion can be a real issue. This marine-grade CE Smith axle uses corrosion-resistant materials to stand up to moisture and grime. The studded hubs and protected bearings help prevent rust and wear so you can count on lasting durability trip after trip.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everybody, Steven here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look together at the CE Smith Trailer Axle with included stud hubs and a nice five on 4 1/2-inch lug pattern. Folks, this is gonna be rated at 18,00 pounds. It is a square axle beam, 'cause it's square tubing, not round, and it's a great part, one of the main parts actually of your trailer suspension system. So, this could potentially replace an axle on a trailer depending on all the measurements matching up to what yours has. Now, this has what's called straight spindles, meaning there's no drop and no rise on the spindles.
They're studded hubs and they're nice, sturdy, and they're gonna be corrosion resistant because they've got a nice coating on 'em to keep 'em as such. Now the bearing's braces, steel, grease caps studs, lug nuts, and the grease are already included and pre-installed right out of the box. Now some key measurements to make sure if this is gonna fit your trailer, replace it. There's two holes here. These are what we call the spring seat holes.
They could potentially be facing up like I've got it now or potentially facing down. Just depends on your trailer, how it was built. I will tell you if it's up versus down, it could potentially raise or lower your trailer deck height. So keep that in mind. And it could also potentially mess with your clearance on your fender to tire clearance.
So keep those kind of things in mind. Now, center of that spring seat to the other side center spring seat I get 38.42 inches and hub face, which basically you hook your tape right on the edge of the hub face itself to the other side hub face, I get 49 and a half inches. Overall on the beam it is gonna be 54 inches. I'm not able to show you that perfectly with the caps on the sides, but that's okay. That's also usually on the manufacturer sticker right here on the center of the beam.
Sometimes it can be laser etched or engraved on there as well. Now I do wanna zoom in here and move this around so I can show you the hub better. So you can see that spring seat hole lot better. Now the hub face is right here, so when I hook that tape measure on to measure that hub face, I'm grabbing literally right there on the edge. Again, everything's pre-greased. I don't know how well you can see it there, but yeah, there we go. We got a greaser right here and they're gonna come pre-greased like I mentioned, but easy access for greasing everything up. It has a solid grease cap, so most likely that means that there's no grease spindle inside here. It would not be an easy loop spindle, but you have the grease port back there on the hub, which makes it really easy to get to. Again, all your studs are on here. Again, it's a five lug on four and a half inch pattern. And that should do it for our quick look at that. So you're gonna get all the lug studs, lug nuts or whatever, everything included like I mentioned before, so you don't have to worry about any of that stuff. This would be a great addition as long as all those measurements match up to what you have on your current trailer. Well that's gonna wrap it up for our quick look together. I'm Steven, thanks for watching.
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Mike L.
9/11/2026
I'm working on that for you Dan. We'll get it straightened out
Gwendolyn Y.
12/2/2024
Hey neighbor! I'm going to have some more lug nuts shipped out to you. Keep an eye our for an email with some tracking information later on today.
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Gwendolyn Y.
5/14/2025
Great job on the axle swap, Carrie! When are you taking the jet ski's out next?