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    Drop axle on caravan

    Just after some advice/opinions on what is the best (not necessarily the cheapest, but lower cost is always good) way of increasing the ground clearance of my ye olde caravan a couple of inches. It currently has the original 2" drop axle in it. I'm thinking the only real way is to fit a new axle or cut and reeled the drop bit off.

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    if the shackles will fit, a new axle would probably be best, need to change the tongue?
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    Is it possible to extend the shackles on that van? That should give you an extra inch.
    Are you going to change the position of the hitch?

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    Overhang front and rear is the main problem even with lifted springs, etc.
    I seen an off-road caravan (about 16') and the body was high as Mt. Everest, but it still bottomed out on the drawbar and rear steeply angled rear end, might gain a bit with springs on top of axles. Caravans are just not suitable off road, Regards Frank.




    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift View Post
    if the shackles will fit, a new axle would probably be best, need to change the tongue?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tank View Post
    Overhang front and rear is the main problem even with lifted springs, etc.
    I seen an off-road caravan (about 16') and the body was high as Mt. Everest, but it still bottomed out on the drawbar and rear steeply angled rear end, might gain a bit with springs on top of axles. Caravans are just not suitable off road, Regards Frank.
    Thankyou for your input but I don't think that had anything to do with the question.

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    It's not going off road - but it is really low, and to hitch it to the 101 will be impossible if I don't bring it up a bit. Eventually I plan to modify the draw bar, but I'll make up a tow bar that drops down on the 101 for the time being.

    The water tank is barely 100mm off the ground, so it is really low - I just want to bring it up a bit so getting in and out of parks, etc won't cause too much grief - I can't even get it up my driveway at the moment without it scraping.
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    My neighbour needed his Jayco lifted to bring it up to his 4wd. He got it done professionally and what they did was to weld some 2" box tube to the chassis which dropped the whole suspension down.
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    Well I think my decision has just been made for me. Just looked at the brakes to see what needs doing to them - but they are toast. As I'll need to replace these in their entirety, I'll go the extra distance and get a new axle while I'm at it.

    Another question - any ideas how to clean the water tank out so I can reuse it? It had water in it, so I know it doesn't leak, but I'm not keen of using it again until I know it has been fully decontaminated from years of sitting doing nothing.

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    Subject to hub/drop axle clearances you may be able to flip the axle to mount below the spring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rok_Dr View Post
    Subject to hub/drop axle clearances you may be able to flip the axle to mount below the spring.

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    Thanks, I did some quick calcs on this. Putting the whole axle under the spring gives me about an inch - a good start, and flipping it over gives a huge amount, but it wasn't sure if it would stay flipped if I set it like this. Would it survive the natural tendency to want to revert back to the dropped position? If you know what I mean?
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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