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Chassis & Suspension => Wheels and Tires => Topic started by: greencactus3 on August 05, 2011, 01:11:50 PM
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Hey guys, off-topic project question you guys might know about.
Considering making a trailer from scratch, and would be nice to have 5x4.75" hubs, which isnt a common pattern for trailers.
but s10 front hub/rotor is on a dead spindle size, which I thought I have heard is quite standard on trailers?
anyone know if this is true, and if so, where do I buy this correct geometry spindle as a weld-on spindle?
the other option is to get some stock spindles, cut the axle (spindle) out of it, and weld that onto a tube, but im not sure I want to destroy the heat treat on the stock spindles....
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what size trailer are you making? something to haul the truck on?
Tractor supply sells a lot of trailer parts.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/trailers-towing/trailer-parts/other-trailer-parts/trailer-axles/
you can get an axle with a pair of hubs for $160. I'm sure you could do some scrap yard runs and find some trailer axles too.
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no, more of a camping trailer. something like a teardrop trailer, but i want it to have more gadgets. keeping it (as usual) a very budget-minded project.
hoping to keep the axle cost well under $100, could use the s10's after i swap that out, but its kinda an inefficient trailer axle + kinda narrow too
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as a follow-up, i did cut up an s10 upright to press the spindle out of, and my trailer project has begun
started with a freebie pop-up camper with a family of mice in it, stripped it all down to bare frame, and made a "subframe" which the entire suspension assembly bolts to, which in turn bolts to the frame of the pop-up.
well, here are the plans
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/539156_10101430632767283_2252911_69052792_658223078_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/539156_10101430632782253_2252911_69052793_470748560_n.jpg)
suspension started with cutting/pressing out the dead spindles from a junkyard chevy s10.
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/400337_10101175044912393_2252911_68034837_725607576_n.jpg)
then i turned some 'adapter sleeves' to press the spindles into, and then 'adapt' to a more convenient OD to slip into a standard tube.
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/407057_10101211343933863_2252911_68196731_743980467_n.jpg)
and then welded up a subframe and control arms
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/419216_10101335486211743_2252911_68612432_1483973441_n.jpg)
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/402449_10101335487134893_2252911_68612435_673853053_n.jpg)
and look, assemblage
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/539779_10101433448873783_2252911_69064012_569750672_n.jpg)
aand now it rolls on its own wheels
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/544424_10101437494451413_2252911_69085938_1060781068_n.jpg)
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/547417_10101440273981213_2252911_69107938_1611076072_n.jpg)
need to turn some spacers and then i can bolt on the shocks, leftovers from a previous project
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/425532_10101304243572243_897254624_n.jpg)
and then i can start the woodwork.
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Great work so far. I'm digging the wooden front wheel.
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Great work so far. I'm digging the wooden front wheel.
thanks, i prefer to call it a 'composite' wheel
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Great work so far. I'm digging the wooden front wheel.
thanks, i prefer to call it a 'composite' wheel
It must have feelings.
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Pretty cool stuff, glad to see something getting worked on at least!