Suspension replacement

[xdr]

My wife and I are traveling to look at a new 2026 Oliver and reading this thread got me curious. Are the suspension parts being replaced due to wearing out or are the OEII factory suspension underrated? 
 

thanks!

[topgun2]

I'm sure that you will receive a bunch of differing views on this subject and your question.

As is covered in the many posts related to this subject, there are those members that believe that the stock suspension is underrated and there are those members that believe that at least some of the issues you might read about are due to things wearing out.  There are other opinions that Dexter (the main suspension parts supplier to Oliver had a run of "bad" or "defective" or "weak" or .... parts from China that caused at least some of the issues.  And, of course, there is the manner in which and individual trailer was used - a bunch of rough off-road activity, hitting curbs, etc.

Happy reading!

Bill

[Mike and Carol]

The stock suspension is fine.  We replaced everything after 9 years and a lot of miles (100K+).  There have been some cases of leaf spring failure, but when I had ours replaced they looked fine.  I’m just a believer in preventive maintenance (too many years in the Army).  There was no reason to replace my axles, except to upgrade from the 3500 lb axles and also get bigger brakes and never lube bearings.  Our camping is a combination of nice roads and not so nice roads.  Mike