My version of axle support plan B

My solution? It does not require any welding. Just a 2x2x3/16 or 1/4 inch inch steel angle crowned in the center and clamped to the bottom of the axle tube at each end using 2 ubolts (4 total) each at a 45 degree angle to the vertical on opposite sides on the diamond axle tube. The ubolts are square, 1/2 inch dia with 3.5 inch jaw spacing. Here are the parts and where I bought them:


Www.uboltsdirect.com

Order ID: 306166791


(5T12-3.5-SQ) S08 - 1/2" x 3 1/2" Inside Width      $4.50 X 4 = $32.00
(5T1216) (Length: 6")                               +$1.00
(DN12SUW12) (Add Nuts & Washers: 1/2" Deep Nuts & U-Bolt Washers)
                                                    +$2.50
(B2162FF) U Bolt Tie Plate - 5/8" Hole X 3 1/2" Inside Width
                                                  $10.50 X 4 = $42.00
Be sure to measure your axle tube between the torque arms and subtract 1/4 inch so you have 1/8 inch clearance on each end when you bolt the angle up. The crown is 1/4-3/8 inch and has to be pressed into the el not the flats. If you have a trailer or frame shop nearby with a press they should be able to do it no problem. When you bolt the angle up keep the ubolts loose until you get all 4 nuts started.

Originally posted by lostagain That back yard trailer realignment video looks like an accident waiting to happen.   And the attachment of the frame extension in the video by Happy makes me wonder whether welding the extension to 0.1" thick frame walls is really going to be strong enough to support the new axles.  But this is something for our highly qualified engineers and metal crafters to weigh in with their views.   If I was going to try to put a new axle on our Pod with attachment points further outboard, I think I'd like to use some kind of a box or channel iron base attached under the existing frame that would not twist the frame members and would be strong enough to have its attachment points further outboard.  But this  is something that our very capable engineers and metal crafters should weigh in on.  Sadly, they didn't teach me any of that stuff in law school.

That back yard trailer realignment video looks like an accident waiting to happen.  

I'm one of the people who have a bent Lippert axle, but am resigned to just going thru tires more rapidly because of the estimated $800 replacement, there is no available axle-straightening shop around me.