As a long term member of http://www.eribaownersclub.co.uk/, I, like many others, have just received the first newsletter to be sent by Email rather than by post.

The following information regarding Eriba Axles is interesting so I'm sure that the EOC won't mind me sharing it on here.

Eriba Axles

Dear sirs,
I seem to speak with Eriba owners several times a week. The reason is that I repair axles for
caravans and motorhomes. As you probably know, the axles are prone to failure at around twenty
years old.

Both types, the rubber ones and the axles with steel torsion bars we find unrepairable. The
rubber ones because of the production method, and the torsion bar ones because the numbers do
not justify the making of new bars.

We affect a repair on both types of axles by making a new, square axle tube, swapping over the
mounting brackets and utilising parts of the trailing arm, including brakes and drop down arm.

The result is a modern rubber in tension axle with at least another twenty years service life built
in. Upon request we can also increase the axle capacity to as much as 1300kgs
.
The work is done in one working week with shipping arranged. I should be pleased to speak to any
of your members who may have an axle problem.

Subsequent email from Fraser Brown

Thank you for your email. We offer a repair service where we collect an axle from anywhere in
the UK or abroad and rebuild it to new specification.

We depart slightly from original by making them stronger. In the Eriba axles we change the
design to one that has proven to be more reliable
.
Cost is £600.00 plus VAT including collection and return by TNT.

My contact details are in my website. http://www.fraserbrowneng.co.uk/
.
Regards,
Fraser Brown,
Fraser Brown Engineering Ltd.,
Chapelhill Church,
Nigg, Ross-shire,
UK
IV20 1XJ
Tel. (0044) 01862 851600

Hi Simon. I think (hope) as long as you look after it, your axle should last longer than that. I think the problems arise either with overloading or sometimes by cooking the swing rubber suspension on one wheel or other by binding brakes.

See this comment I made after discussing the subject with Christophe Brice, ex leader of the French Eriba Forum and the font of knowledge regarding Eribas.

A Scottish tale

I've also found this information on ALKO axles with swing arm independent suspension.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HTFKoSY49M

Randa

Hi Hugh and thanks for the reminder and link.
Randa