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Originally Posted by BaseballFisherman
That's a good point. I have torsion axles on my bay boat trailer and really like them. I have no clue what the price difference is to change over to torsion axles versus replacing the existing leaf springs, but the trailer im looking to repair is a piece of junk and I don't want to sink more money into it than I have to.
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if this is the case have you considered replacing the springs yourself?
its very easy and nearly impossible to do it wrong, the springs can be had for around $25 each (should be less for yours) and you don't even need to do the bearings if you keep them well greased. only takes about an hour per side to jack it up, unbolt the axle ubolts, then take out the spring bolts and swap out the springs, then bolt the axle back on. its got a centering pin so you cant align anything wrong if that's what you are worried about.
having a shop do it for you will probably cost you around $250 or maybe more I would think.
look here for spring prices:
http://www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Trai...f_Springs.aspx
how to measure and order the springs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUepz7MDdqk
how to replace the leaf springs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5cKLdVVE3I
the only difficult part of the whole job is, sometimes the spring bolts get stuck onto the spring sleeve in the spring and can be hard to pull out so you may need to tap them out with a hammer and smaller diameter bolt to drive them out rather then just slip out. once you have the trailer frame on jack stands and the axles hanging lose they is no spring tension left on the springs with slipper springs but double eye springs may still have "slight" tension if any at all.