On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 8:54:52 AM UTC-7, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 10:41:03 AM UTC-5, JS wrote:
On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 7:58:53 AM UTC-7, Peter Deane wrote:
Hi All

My Std Cirrus trailer (eberle) needs a new torsion axle with a handbrake... cant find one in US? Any one else had this problem ?

Hoping there is some experience on sourcing one of these ...

Help much appreciated

Peter Deane (2T)

Steve has a Pfeiffer trailer using a US built ALKO axle with hydraulic brake, but at the time it was ordered the hand brake option wasn't available. Someone had removed the hand brake from the trailer years before I owned it.
The ALKO order form at their then distributor Axle, Inc in Elkhart included width and position of the flanges, length of axle, drop angle, size of brake, bolt pattern, etc.
Dexter and ALKO are now one company in the USA.
http://www.dexko.com/
Get in touch with them. You won't find mechanical brakes, but the hydraulic with parking brake option should work. Requires a hydraulic actuator to bolt on the trailer tongue. Hopefully the hand brake will work with the existing bits on the tongue.
Jim

Electric with parking brake might also work. Parking brake is via mechanical lever on one a friend installed on his Komet trailer. Would require making some brackets to hook the Eberle mechanical actuation system to the parking brake lever, but I suspect it could be done. And then just ignore the electric. But as Jim said, I don't think you will find a pure mechanical brake axle for trailers from a US Source.

Steve Leonard


Wings And Wheels only have ALKO axles with mechanical brakes for Cobras about 1988 or later. Ones with 4-wheeled wing dollies, single-piece metal floor.