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the only way to damage an alko irs is to absuse it, usually by overloading it or not fitting shocks to controll the dampening for offroad and touring work.
as ive said before i was in an industry that used alot of these systems in equipment that worked 24hrs 7 days a week..now in 10years in that job i never once had to repair or replace any irs units.
most of these units also had massive amounts of oil and diesel constantly covering the axle bushings.
i have nothing but absolute faith in this product.
cheers phil
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Yes phil, BUT in the unlikely event it does break, the complete axle has to be sent to ALKO in Melbourne for repair. According to the bloke it happened to ALKO told him that there is no field fix possible.
Sorta like one of those newfangled D3s.
Regards Philip A
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I have never seen a ALKO rubber suspension fail and I have used them for on and off road with different loads on different trailers.
I have never had to work on or repair one , but have been told the three rubber elements can be replaced.
No one stocks the parts because they dont fail.......?
How many fancy independant bullet proof coil suspensions , or leaf suspensions fail or need repair out in the middle of no where ?
If though some quirk of fate my ALKO rubber suspension failed, I personally wouldnt bother trying repair it , as the whole replacement axle is not too expensive and is only four bolts to undo and the whole lot comes off.
The curent trailer in our family is a twin axle heavy duty thing and is often over loaded and there is no equilistation between the axles, so with off road work going over humps and dips one axle often takes the weight.
This trailer is thirty years old with the same ALKO rubber axles.
To top it all off different tow hitch heights will again lift a axle on flat smooth roads too........this trailer gets a hard time......no problems other than that wheel bearings going due to over load.
Here is a pic unloading my jeep at the farm.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...09/11/1326.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/04/275.jpg
The trailer went back into town with 2.5 tonnes of fire wood over some fairly rough fire trails........it does this regularly.
The ride of the ALKO system is very good if only small wheel travel is needed.
The suspension lacks the travel for larger pot holes.........as I stated before corragations........brillant.
I might add the trailer had just been refirbished when the pic was taken and the new gal mud guards got bent and broken in short order as they were too low
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My camper was fitted with the ALKO suspension before I got it.
I'm very happy with it and the way the trailer tows on and off road.
It's been to the cape and back before my time, and through some pretty rough Vic High Country with me. Mostly travels on road and fast corrugated dirt but gets into the best campsites too. I would happily fit it to any other trailer I may get in the future.
Stevo
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thanks guys, that feedback is appreciated.
There will always be horror stories about anything, its just nice to see what fails and under what circumstances.
cheers ;)
