etrailer | Comprehensive Review: Dexter Heavy-Duty Suspension Kit for Tandem-Axle Trailers

hi there trailer owners today we're going to be taking a look at dexter's heavy duty suspension kit for tandem axle trailers this equalizer kit is going to be a direct replacement for your factory parts but it does come included with upgraded heavy duty hardware you can see our bolts are wet bolts so you get the grease zerks in the ends which allows you to lubricate the hardware so it lasts a lot longer and our shackles here that it comes with are significantly thicker on this kit than your standard ones that's just also going to help increase the life of those components more metal more material means more strength now there are three different kits available and you want to make sure that you use your equalizer to help determine which kit is appropriate for you two of the kits are going to look very similar with equalizers of this shape to determine which one is the appropriate for your trailer you'll want to measure center to center between the two bolt holes located here you can do it with it all assembled like this and just measure from the center of the two bolts showing off here today that's for trailers with a 33 inch axle spacing and there's also one again it looks just like this but it's going to measure seven and three quarter inches and that's for a 35 inch axle spacing there's also one more available and it does have a little bit different shape it that is for ones with four inch high hangers your trailer suspension is one of the most important parts it's what's supporting all the weight of your trailer on the axles and these components here is what keeps your axles and everything attached and also what dampens all the forces from the road as the bushings tend to wear out inside your equalizers and components you now play in inside those components and that's going to cause a loud banging you likely won't hear it because your trailer is being pulled behind you but if it was in a car and you had many cars have similar leaf spring components you hear those often in a car so having grease bolts like this it incentivizes you to check your trailer because you have to get down here and grease them which gives you a good chance to do a good visual inspection because with the maintenance free kinds those often wear out and people don't even realize