Mount your round, 1-3/4" diameter axle to your trailer's leaf springs with this U-bolt kit. U-bolts, plates, nuts, and washers included. Zinc plating resists rust and corrosion - great for boat trailers.
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Speaker 1: Today, we'll be having a look at the CE Smith line of U-bolt mounting kits for mounting round trailer axles. Here's what our kit comes with. It's everything you need for replacing the U-bolts on a single axle on your trailer. We have 4 new U-bolts, you'll have 2 per side; 2 new plates, 1 per side; 8 new lock washers, you'll be using 4 for each side of the trailer; and 8 new nuts, again 4 for each side of the trailer.You can see how well our U-bolts grip around the contours of our axle. This'll keep the axle firmly attached to our leaf springs, so we don't have to worry about it slipping and sliding.Now because we have the zinc and the galvanized finish on our plate and our hardware, this will better protect them from corrosion from the elements, especially salt spray. It's not an issue if you decide to use them on a boat trailer such as this one.Now many of our customers have had to make a second phone call or send an email to us after they bought a new axle for their trailer because they found, once they tried to remove the old one or put the new one on, that they couldn't get their factory U-bolts off.
They had to cut them off, and now they're searching for a replacement. This kit will be a perfect solution for this problem here.Now many of our customers compared these to the Redline line of U-bolt kits. Now the main difference you're going to see between this one and those is that those do not have the galvanized or the zinc finish on the plates or the hardware, which will cause them to rust out faster.As you can see, we already have our new axle sitting on top of our leaf springs. Now this kit could work for an axle that sits on top or below your leaf springs. It works for both applications.
You don't need to worry if yours resides below, you can still use this kit for that.We'll start by taking our new U-bolts and dropping them over our axle on either side of our leaf spring. Now we'll take our new plate. We want to make sure that this flange right here faces down, this hole here in the center lines up with the alignment pin on our leaf spring, and we'll insert our U-bolts through the holes. Place on our lock washers, and we'll put that on our nuts.Now we can start to tighten our hardware, making sure we tighten them evenly as possible. Now we'll torque our hardware again, making sure we alternate to ensure that we're doing it as evenly as possible.And that completes our look at the CE Smith line of U-bolt kits for mounting round trailer axles..
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (75 Customer Reviews)
Mount your round, 1-3/4" diameter axle to your trailer's leaf springs with this U-bolt kit. U-bolts, plates, nuts, and washers included. Zinc plating resists rust and corrosion - great for boat trailers.I ordered my axle kit and received it 30 days later, I expected it in a week. The hubs, U-bolt kit, springs and grease were shipping in a box, when I receive it the heavy parts had smashed the grease tube, and was quite the mess in the box. The U-bolt kit I ordered as suggested by etrailer was the wrong kit and the bolts were short (their system did not suggest the right kit for the thicker springs). I see there is a kit I could have ordered with longer bolts. When I went to tighten the lug bolts on the new hub I received, one bolt started to pull through the hub. I reported the grease problem to etrailer, they could not care less, so I thought it would not be worth my time to report the other issues. I guess I will purchase new u-bolts, grease, and perhaps a hub somewhere else.
great quality parts, fast hipping and they were also cheaper than other online retailers; they should offer veterans and duty military a discount.
no frills, no problems, nice and solid. It even survived a broken OEM spring incident on the road. I used it as part of a spring-over-axle conversion on my Aliner.
Anthony H - 03/03/2021Worked perfectly on my boat trailer, and super easy to install
For being a Chinese trailer , only a little modification was required , very quality equipment
The product was just as described and it worked great for my boat trailer
The items received are exactly what was needed. Salesman at etrailer did it right and shipped very quick.
Everything was a perfect fit and worked out great!
Exact fit and are hefty! Thank you etr ailer.
Checked at Lowes and TSC, two locations and they did not have U bolts,were out of stock. Then on line found kits that was what I needed very cheap which made we go back to etrailer where I discovered they carried different grades. I bought the branded product and am satisfied.
the u bolts for my leaf springs worked great.
martin k - 06/07/2021U bolt kit and leaf spring kit fit great on the old 1979 snow mobile trailer
Dale B - 03/31/2019Had a hard time finding leaf spring mounting plate kit that had a 1 7/8" gap in the u-bolts. Ordered these and they fit perfectly and arrived in a timely manner. Shipping was as much as the item, but that is out of etrailer's hands of course. Quite happy with the product.
great product
Absolute perfect fit and speedy deliver y.
U-Bolts were perfect. The springs don't seem to be as heavy as my originals. I bought my tilt trailer from a private owner who made it. The original springs leaves are slightly thicker than the new ones. I am not sure what weight this trailer is rated for. The new springs seem to be perfect in size so I will keep them as spare parts
many sets were purchased. They were owned for less than 30 days. The trailers that came in for service work or trade ins had the u bolts and plates very faded with no rust.
Replaced the springs on the old hunting pop up, worked great and exactly what it needed. U-bolt kit and springs were both delivered super fast. Allowing me to get the trailer overhauled before the weekend!!!!
Replaced broken springs on a utility trailer and these ubolts were perfect.
Haven't installed the parts yet. However, everything came packed perfectly and professionally. Parts look to be of great quality and shipping was WAY faster than estimated! Will definitely continue to keep buying trailer parts from etrailer!
Awesome website, has the trailer parts you need. The best part is the extremely fast service & shipping!
I just wanted to take the time to say thank you . Your Product is outstanding . I am a GM technician for 33 years , my daughter and I , she is 12 years old , Add a project on Old trailer so she could put quad sport to go ridding. Again thank you so much!!
The springs and accessories that I bought are performing great. I'm very happy with the products and services.
I have purchased from etrailer several times and as always never disappointed! Great selection, price, and shipping. Made my purchase during the virus pandemic and order was received within without a problem as if nothing was going on!
Pieces of junk. I broke two of these while tightening with a wrench by hand.
Mike L - 04/12/2019
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