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[swanny]

I am posting this because I am amazed at what i found. I have a 5er made by Keystone, it's an '09 with about 5000 miles on it. I wasn't sure at first what a wet bolt shackle upgrade was, so I started poking around and soon found out that the shackles from the factory are VERY questionable. I saw pics of shackles and bolts worn through and even broken. Remember this shackle setup is all that holds your axles to the trailer. The ones from the factory are "dry", they can't be greased. The only thing keeping it from metal to metal is a very thin plastic bushing. The bushings on my trailer were already worn through. The bolts were worn and the shackle plates were worn. The holes were already oblong. The new parts i installed are A LOT
heavier grade of steel and all places were bolts past through are brass bushing. Everything can be greased!!! So please check your shackles or have them checked. Better safe then sorry.

If anybody has any question ask, please. The install really isn't that hard. Mine are Mor/Ryde. I think dexter also makes this setup.

Be safe, Kevin

[Crawfish]

Good advice Kevin. I replaced mine with the Trailair Equa-Flex rubber cushioned equalizer. Here is a link to it. TrailAir Equa-Flex Equalizer
It also in grease-able and also smoothes out the ride for the camper. I wish I knew you were converting yours and I would have told you about these. I think they are worth the money.


Leon