Guide to Wheel Bearings
While small and often overlooked, wheel bearings are vital to trailer and caravan mobility. This guide will help you understand their function...
50mm square 2t axle is the axle of choice to tow your rig straight and true.
Vibration fatigue is never going to happen on this axle loaded to 2.25t.
Couplemate manufacturers axles from BlueScope steel in our Wynnum, Brisbane workshops.
50mm Axle Collar to suit 30210 bearings or 64607 Seal
Note: Please advise your axle length, either tip-to-tip length or face-to-face measurement and axle profile after ordering. Example 2t, 3t, parallel, slimline.
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[P] – Check material specifications. What size and profile is the axle (for example, 45mm Square)
[T] – Overall axle length (tip to tip)
[F] – Hub face to hub face measurement
[A] – Chassis width
[C] – Tyre clearance
[B] – Back offset
[H] – Tyre to chassis
[G] – Axle pad centres
You will also need to identify your bearing combination which can be done by pulling off a hub and bearings, and locating the number laser engraved onto the bearing. You will require both the inner and the outer bearing number.
How to calculate total axle length
The Face to Face measurements to calculate Tip to Tip measurement is as follows: –
50mm square parallel axle can vary greatly in price. Axles are manufactured in a variety of places, India, China, Malaysia, Australia.
The only real problems come from imported steel causing steel fractures along the beam and in the consistent hardness of the beam.
If your 50mm square parallel trailer, caravan axle is not properly engineered you may experience excessive bearing wear.
We rarely have problems with these larger kits.
A Couplemate assembled axle with Japanese bearings gives you our unconditional guarantee of a well-made, well-backed axle assembly.
Caravan upgrades are explained here.
Finally, a lightweight solution to a heavy-duty square axle is a hollow axle.
Weight | 60 kg |
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Dimensions | 230 × 40 × 40 cm |
Length | 1475mm T/T, 1500mm T/T, 1525mm T/T, 1550mm T/T, 1575mm T/T, 1600mm T/T, 1625mm T/T, 1650mm T/T, 1675mm T/T, 1700mm T/T, 1725mm T/T, 1750mm T/T, 1775mm T/T, 1800mm T/T, 1825mm T/T, 1850mm T/T, 1875mm T/T, 1900mm T/T, 1925mm T/T, 1950mm T/T, 1975mm T/T, 2000mm T/T, 2025mm T/T, 2050mm T/T, 2075mm T/T, 2100mm T/T, 2125mm T/T, 2150mm T/T, 2175mm T/T, 2200mm T/T, 2225mm T/T, 2250mm T/T, 2275mm T/T, 2300mm T/T |
Beam Size | 50mm Square |
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After 60 years of experience, we know that life has its unpredictable moments.
All Couplemate™ orders (online, over the phone, or in-store) have a 60 day period for change-of-mind returns and exchanges. There are some items that can’t be returned and some returns may incur a 15% restocking fee.
You can view our full policy for change-of-mind returns here.
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