Classic AquaSport
Aquasport Mechanicals - things that need a wrench, screwdriver or multimeter => Trailers => Topic started by: wrightex on May 12, 2011, 10:40:46 AM
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Just about finished with floor, transom, fiberglass, etc. on the '70 22-2. Thought I'd better get some new tires to drag her around for prices on painting, bottom job etc.
Jacked her up and found a broken spring. $884.00 later.....
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff229/daw57/whatstartedit.jpg) (http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff229/daw57/nostoppingnow.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff229/daw57/newhubsspringsU-bolts.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff229/daw57/NewWheelsTires.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff229/daw57/Oldgirlreadytoroll.jpg)
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wow!! lots of work but you have a new trailer now with no worries of it breaking down on you! BTW those jack stands you have scare the crap out of me! :shock:
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Yea, me too. They are a POS and get used very little.
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:thumright:
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BTW those jack stands you have scare the crap out of me! :shock:
Maybe but they have worked fine for me since I bought them way back in my teenage "pistonhead" days in the 60s.
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff108/r-berlin/DSC00113.jpg)
PS.... Nice spring job :thumleft:
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CB,
Is that why you have the bottle jack there in case one fails? :shock: :shock:
I have a whole bunch of 18" 2 X 6 PT boards left over when I moved my shed and built a new floor for it. Those are MY jack stands, and trust me, that trailer ain't going nowhere!
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CB,
Is that why you have the bottle jack there in case one fails? :shock: :shock:
The bottle jack (and the floor jack) are used to support/level/position the axle. The stands support the frame. Had they failed, the jacks might :o :o have stopped that side from totally impacting the ground but no that's not what they were intended to do.
Since I had never changed springs before, I worked off of what I thought was a logical approach (though it may not have been correct). having the ability to lift/support/position each axle worked very well for me and if I do it again in the future, I'd use the same method.
Funny thing is, as cheap (and they were for a 18 yo kid to purchase) as they look, they have served me as well as any quality built tool I have ever purchased. I bought them at this "Gold Triangle" store.
http://www.pbase.com/image/84756901 (http://www.pbase.com/image/84756901)
Any of you old farts remember that place :?:
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I think there was a Gold Triangle store in O-Town when I first moved there in '80...
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I have a set of those things and THATS why they scare me. I only use them for go carts or something like that. On concrete they might be OK but on hot asphalt they dig in. It's not the weight that is a factor its just the stability. I use my 10 ton stands whenever I can. If those monsters tip over your screwed.
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I'd use 'em..
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I have a set just like them that I have had for years. I'm not even sure where I got them from. Probably belonged to my father before me. I also have a newer pair that are heavier built. I also have a big solid wood block I like to use.
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(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff229/daw57/Oldgirlreadytoroll.jpg)
The Big Boss just saw the new rims... What are they and did they come from online? I have been advised that mine are nowhere near as nice :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: !!!!
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Love it when year and half old threads get resurrected!!! :cheers: :cheers:
And yeah, I'd use the jack stands too. Bruce, don't be a worry wort!! :lol: :lol:
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Scared me when I saw this thread resurrected...thought somebody was calling me out for not showing the finished project. :oops:
Sadly, the boat doesn't look a lot different, but it is almost ready for paint now .. No really, I'm not lying this time...
Seabob - I know I mentioned a rewire of this classic vessel will be in your future - I just didn't say when. Now it looks like about 2 months.
And for the trailer parts/wheels - Sturdy Built in Bradenton, FL.