Originally written by brew26 on 2010-05-03 8:54 AM

Don't need to replace your axel, if you can find a place that will bend you axle straight again. We get our axels checked every year on all our trailers. The place that does our is called beeline and pretty sure this website is same company. http://www.beeline-co.com/[/QUOTE]

Be careful- As a former master HD truck technician I owned  a facility that was capable of bending axles on trucks up to class 8 (by the way- this is done with 100 ton rams. Not for the meek of heart). By the mid 90's it was all over. Rockwell and Eaton both would replace an axle under warranty that didn't meet specs. These were straight axles in the 12-20K class that don't bend with a pothole or curb. After that, they specified replacement as they had seen too many reports of axles broken in use after they had been bent. Dexter has never recommended bending their Torflex axle (the Bison in question probably has a Lippert brand, but similar issues) for a number of reasons, not the least of which is usually it isn't the axle beam that is bent, it is the swing arm/spindle assembly. And that part is pressed into the rubber sleeves under special conditions and is not field replaceable.

Now- if it is an old beater trailer, with spring axles instead of torsion, then give it a shot if you can tolerate the risk. But a torsion axle- sure you can bend it- but you are probably just covering up the problem because you aren't going to bend it back where it was bent in the first place. Remember- you can buy just a replacement beam and transfer all of the brake parts and beams just aren't that pricey and you know it is straight. My opinion is I'm going to suggest one follow the factory's recomendation and replace a torsion axle that is out of alignment, rather than perform a non-approved repair with potential safety and durability issues. Just my .02$

RTSmith