Leaf-spring mounting kit includes 5" tall front hangers, 4-1/2" tall center hangers, 6-3/8" tall rear hangers and hardware. Equalizers are 13-1/8" long. Designed for use with 9,000-lb Dexter axles.
Features:
| Axle Capacity | A - Distance Between Front and Center Hangers | B - Distance Between U-Bolts | C - Distance Between Center and Rear Hangers | D - Distance Between Center of Axle and Trailer Frame |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,000 lbs | 32-2/5" | 38" | 32-9/10" | 4-7/8" |
Average Customer Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars (3 Customer Reviews)
Leaf-spring mounting kit includes 5" tall front hangers, 4-1/2" tall center hangers, 6-3/8" tall rear hangers and hardware. Equalizers are 13-1/8" long. Designed for use with 9,000-lb Dexter axles.This kit (a dual kit) changed my view of Dexter as a quality-first manufacturer. etrailer simply sells it, they don't make it, so they aren't to blame.
This kit is made specifically for mounting Dexter's General Duty 9,000 lb axles in tandem and is different from kits made for 3500 to 8000 lb axles. It provides extra axle tube to frame clearance to accommodate the 4" axle tubes used on their 9k and 10k GD axles. It uses beefy 7/8" equalizer pivot bolts and 5/8" spring eye bolts. So far, so good. Until you pay over $350 for it and receive a suspension kit with absolutely ZERO lubrication provisions! Seriously, Dexter?!! The bolts provided are all just grade 5 hardware store plain jane dry bolts. Not even grade 8.
Dexter sells 7/8" greaseable "wet bolts" and even their lighter-duty hanger kits include greaseable wet bolts. But even if I paid etrailer the nearly $XX apiece they want for them (they're half that price elsewhere), there is literally no way of putting a square-shouldered carriage-style bolt, which they are, in the round roles this hanger kit was manufactured with without modification. As for the 5/8" spring eye bolts, only a great deal of internet searching will find any wet bolts the right diameter, and they'll be the wrong length. Those 4 bolts are about $20 each plus shipping.
So, by the time I pay a machine shop to square the equalizer bracket holes on and buy all the wet bolts, or have them made, JUST so I can lubricate this expensive hanger kit in hopes of it lasting more than a very short time on a trailer that often grosses 20k, I'm going to have over $500 invested in it, not counting all the extra wasted down-time. This kit was supposed to solve my trailer suspension problems, not create more. FAIL!!
I purchased the 7 leaf sliper spring to replace my old ones. etrailer had all the parts needed to rebuild my trailer. The parts fit perfectly. The people there are very knowledgeable about the trailer parts and what is needed and what will fit when replacing old worn parts. I would stronly recomend etrailer for any of your trailer needs.
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