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Trailer Axle is wonky

Tattle Toe

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I've got a 2019 SH 1850 that I trailer pretty regularly to a few different lakes across the state, and last weekend I noticed the trailer looked a bit off, slightly leaning on one side, got under to check things out and sure enough, one of the axle brackets had gone wonky and the leaf spring looked like it had shifted and obviously figured thats what messed with the geometry.

I've never replaced or serviced a trailer axle before, and I'm wondering if this is something that I'd have to rebuild piece by piece or if it's smarter to swap in a whole new axle assembly, the trailer has tried anyway, held up good through all the mix of freshwater and the occasional salty splash, but I always rinse everything down after.
Please any help out with this axle issue, I'd appreciate ton
 
If the spring shifted and the bracket's bent, you might be better off swapping the whole axle assembly, it saves time and ensures alignment, piece-by-piece can be trickier without experience
 
I've got a 2019 SH 1850 that I trailer pretty regularly to a few different lakes across the state, and last weekend I noticed the trailer looked a bit off, slightly leaning on one side, got under to check things out and sure enough, one of the axle brackets had gone wonky and the leaf spring looked like it had shifted and obviously figured thats what messed with the geometry.

I've never replaced or serviced a trailer axle before, and I'm wondering if this is something that I'd have to rebuild piece by piece or if it's smarter to swap in a whole new axle assembly, the trailer has tried anyway, held up good through all the mix of freshwater and the occasional salty splash, but I always rinse everything down after.
Please any help out with this axle issue, I'd appreciate ton
if the bracket damage is minimal and you wanna do some mechanical work then go ahead and replace the bracket and leaf springs. But, if you're not sure about the axle integrity replace the whole assembly, it's a lot faster and everything will be up to date.
 
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