Adjustment to rear transom roller arms

N2outboards

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Hello
I picked up what appears a 1986 EZ Loader trailer, been going through replacing hardware and finishing up replacing the roller wheels, my question is about the rear transom load bearing arms that the wheels attach to . Ive noticed on the inside of those cast aluminum arms are a nubbin stop so that when a boat is being loaded from the water there probably is a free pivot at one point??, also there is a long shaft that runs through the square channel that attaches both ends of the wheel wobble arms. My question boils down to do those arms need to be tightened down snug or do they need some sort of free pivot tightened just so far with the nylon lock nuts?.
 

N2outboards

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Tried sending pics through, they would not send, keeps saying administrators working with the issues.
 

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Says upload failed because cannot be written to the server?.
May need to convert to a jpeg to send?
 

MikeSchinlaub

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Picture uploads have been broken for a while. The only option at the moment is to upload to another picture hosting site and post a link here.


I google the trailer and came up with this. Does it match yours?
 

N2outboards

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Picture uploads have been broken for a while. The only option at the moment is to upload to another picture hosting site and post a link here.


I google the trailer and came up with this. Does it match yours?
The best pucture of the rear roller assembly i could come up with would be through trailer parts store part number # 015748
If you google this roller arm part number it describes my questions.
 

dingbat

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The best pucture of the rear roller assembly i could come up with would be through trailer parts store part number # 015748
If you google this roller arm part number it describes my questions.
The roller brackets “float” to adjust to the contour of the hull.

Typically use a bushing of some sort to minimize wear.

 
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