r-pod 196 Wheel Camber

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   To be more clear,  there is a safety

built into the axle rating. I don't know what it is for the 196, but when I did the math for the 179 a few years ago I came up with a safety factor of a bit less than 2x, so a 3500 lb rated 179 axle can handle around 7000 lbs before failing.

That means that the axle could fail with about a 2 g bump load on it. That's not enough to handle bumps and potholes. Hence the common issue of bent axles on the 179's.

Since you have a 196 YMMV but the general concept is the same.

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	To be more clear, there is a safety built into the axle rating. I don't know what it is for the 196, but when I did the math for the 179 a few years ago I came up with a safety factor of a bit less than 2x, so a 3500 lb rated 179 axle can handle around 7000 lbs before failing. That means that the axle could fail with about a 2 g bump load on it. That's not enough to handle bumps and potholes. Hence the common issue of bent axles on the 179's. Since you have a 196 YMMV but the general concept is the same.
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