Some work again today

We managed to get a few more things done today. This morning the trailer went in to have the axles serviced and brakes adjusted. I also wanted them to take a look at the way the axles were mounted because something didn't look right to me. The way the axles were mounted, the arch of the axle was up and the tires seemed to be riding a bit on the inside edges instead of flat. That concerned me because the trailer is unloaded and once everything is moved inside, the arch of the axle would only increase and the tires would wear even more on the inside edge.

It turns out that I was right. Someone had flipped the axles over in the process of doing a spring over axle conversion to raise the trailer off the ground. Probably to make it high enough to work with their lifted truck... The axles could not be flipped back over without lowering the trailer again or welding a cradle bracket on to the axle. After some thought, Becky and I decided to go ahead and have the bracket welded on so that the trailer could continue to be raised and give us extra clearance. The cost for the welding and axle flip was $180.00. That was in addition to the $150.00 we paid to have the bearings re-packed and the brakes adjusted. Good news is that as of tonight, it's all done. Brakes looked good and all of the bearings have been checked, greased and re-packed. The trailer is good to roll for another year at least.

While the trailer was being worked on we took the truck to a transmission specialist. He took the truck for a drive and couldn't find anything wrong with the transmission at all, so we're almost done with all of the truck repairs. Last item on the list is to replace the damaged muffler.

I also took the truck in this evening to get the final adjustments done on the alignment. They adjusted the steering wheel and double checked that everything was in spec from last week. All checked out OK and the steering wheel is now straight.