Trailer Axle with Idler Hubs - 5 on 4-1/2 Bolt Pattern - 72" Long - 2,000 lbs

Video Transcript for Review of etrailer by AxleTek Trailer Axles - 2K 72 Inch Long Trailer Axle with Idler Hubs - e37YR

Hi there. I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to take a quick look at this trailer axle with idler hubs and easy grease spindles. Now, when you're picking out an axle to replace an actual on your trailer, it is really important that you get the right one for your trailer. There are lots of different sizes and weight capacities available for trailer axles. So you wanna make sure that you're getting the one that's gonna work for your trailer because an axle is a very important component in your trailer suspension system.

So, this axle here is a one and three quarter inch diameter round steel beam. That's going to have a maximum weight capacity of 2000 pounds. So it will work well for your 2000 pound or your trailers with a 2000 pound weight capacity. The next very important measurement is going to be your length. So there's two important measurements with your length.

Two different ways of measuring, the first is gonna be from your spring seats here. These are welded onto the bottom of your axle. So it's a pretty sturdy, secure place to measure from. So, from the center of one spring seat to the center of the other spring seat, it's gonna be right at 58 inches. The other measurement is gonna be from your hub face on one side to your hub face on the other.

That's right at 72 inches for this axle, you can see right here in the middle, we do have a little bit of a bend that is going to be our camber. So that is designed to allow even when your trailer is underweight, it's going to make sure that your tires are riding properly so that they're not voting, potentially causing uneven wear on your tires. This is gonna make sure that you have maximum traction and tread contact with the road so that your wheels are gonna ride nice and even for you. So, that's a nice option or a nice feature there for you with this axle. On the ends there, we do have our spindles.

These are straight spindles, so there's not gonna be any drop to them at all. These are welded in place using a patented welding process that actually slides the spindle over the axle. So it's going to be a lot more secure than your systems that just kind of butt up to the axle. This is gonna produce about 40% stronger spindles to help prevent spindle failure. You can see, we do have this built-in grease circ here on the end. That's gonna make it much easier for us to keep our system lubricated. So rather than having to take our cap off, you know, disassemble all the components, pack our bearings, put it all back together. We can just open up our cap here, it's got this rubber plug that we can pull off using a flat head screwdriver or sometimes even our fingernails to be able to pull that open and that's gonna give us access to that grease circ. So we can just hook up our grease gun, pump some new grease in there. We're not gonna have to pack it by hand or worry about disassembling it. So it's gonna make a much easier and faster for us to get that greased up and lubricated like we need it to be. Our hubs themselves are a six and one quarter inch diameter cast iron idler hub. So this is without brakes, it's gonna work on your trailers that don't use brakes. This does have a hub bolt pattern of five on four and a half inches. So that is measured from this over to where this would be if there we're another one here. So that's four and a half inches. So, this is gonna be great for your 13 inch to 15 inch wheel sizes. The idler hub does come with the bearings races seals and the lug nuts. You're not gonna have to worry about packing those bearings because they do come pre-greased. So just put it all together, pump a little extra grease through that grease cert there, and you'll be ready to hit the road. We do also have our spring seats welded in place. Like I mentioned before. I just wanna point out that these are welded on the other side of our axle so that we can mount our leaf springs in the underslung position. So that's going to help with our deck height, make sure that we have a nice low ride height makes everything easier to load and unload into our trailer, being nice and low like that. This axle is made here in the USA. So you can trust it's made to the high quality standards that we've come to know and trust for products that are made here in the US but also meets the CSA, QAI and SAE-N certifications. So you can trust it's made to those high quality standards. It's gonna do a good job for you. So again, make sure that this is going to meet the weight capacity and length that you need. Also make sure obviously the brakes, aren't a big deal for your trailer. And if you need brakes on your axle, we do have other options available as well as other weight capacities and lengths and those sorts of things. So if this isn't gonna work for you, check out some of those other options available here at etrailer.com. This does come with a limited lifetime warranty as well. So, if you we're to have any problems with it, more than welcome to reach out to us here at etrailer, we're always happy to work with our customers to make sure that you're getting good quality products and having a good experience. So, all of our experts are on call, ready to answer any questions that you might have to help you make sure that you're having a good experience. So, overall, I think this gonna be a great axle, if it is going to meet your weight capacity and length needs, those easy grease spindles are really nice, saves you a lot of effort having to lubricate your spindles. So that's gonna complete our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Thanks for watching..