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Recommendations for shop for trailer repair
Time to change the brake backing plates on my '98 Trailex. 21 years of rust makes them too hard to work on. I've already spent 2 days on other trailer gremlins so I'm ready to send it to a shop. Any recommendations for trailer repair in Northern Virignina? Or do I take it west towards Leesburg and Summit Point?
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I’ve heard good things about American Truck and Trailer near me. I’m going to give them a shot soon to bring my tire rack up to date so it can actually fit 18s and maybe upgrade the wiring.
I’m open to other places though.
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Aaron 1993 964 2004 GT3 2017 M3 |
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Heard good things about Restless wheels in manassas
Behe usually works on mine for things i dont want to do
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I think Aaron was talking about fitting 18s on his tire rack, right?
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Rob T. 2006 Carrera S 2013 Cayenne GTS |
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I had Trailer Care in Hamilton, VA work on my trailer during the off season, at the recommendation of Good Hands: https://www.yelp.com/biz/trailer-care-hamilton
I was satisfied with the job. ed
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Yep. My tire rack was made when 15s and 16s were in vogue.
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Aaron 1993 964 2004 GT3 2017 M3 |
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With a trailex I think you can simply loosen some nuts and slide the beams around is the T bolt slots Might be a bit more here and there depending
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If you have a standard Trailex tire rack on the trailer, you can easily adjust the height of the tire center pipe, by loosening the 4 t-bolts holding the vertical squarish tube, and then sliding it up or down as necessary.
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Based on Tony's pic, it appears that you can "widen" the verticals too, correct?
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Rob T. 2006 Carrera S 2013 Cayenne GTS |
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