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Originally Posted by eagle55
I'm thinking maybe the answer is to go ahead with the stronger axles, but use the original springs (if they will still fit) to keep the ride less jarring. Rough rides put stress on everything else from frames to cabinets to refrigerator coils.. Doing it this way insures a more robust axle, bearings, and brakes. Standard springs don't appear to be breaking.
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Good point... The alignment guy and I were talking about this yesterday while he was bending my axles back into place. The axles are part of the springiness of the system, so they act as springs, themselves. They are bowed up in the center giving positive camber to the wheels when there is no load on the axle. Changing to a heavier axle will apparently put more stress and flex on the springs, themselves as the heavier axles will move less.
You're definitely right about the rough ride causing damage to other stuff. Last year, again going through Indiana, My TV mount came loose. That was a couple hours of life I'll never get back.
It's hard to say what the best solution is... other than to actually make them better all around. And I think we all know what the chances of that happening are...
... Something about a snowball...
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