opinions on m105 axle swap

Whitnel said:

I picked up an m105 last week. I am going to swap out the axle to one with electric brakes. I found a 7lk with springs, a 7k with the torflex set up and an 8k with springs. Which one so you think would be the best to put under the trailer? I believe I am going to have the axle shortened to make it fit right but could be wrong. I have some figuring with hub face to face and wheel offsets.

I plan to have a 14k gooseneck that will have 7k axles under it in the future so a 7k axle under the m105 would make things easier with parts and tires.

I know everyone says that the m105 is too big and only needs to be pulled behind a duce and I need to go buy a m101 but this is what I have so I plan on making it work. I am not a fan of surge brakes so I would have wanted to swap the axle on the m101 as well plus I like with width between the fenders on the m105 better. This will be pulled with a F250 with a 7.3 diesel.

Thanks for you thoughts.

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Whitnel said:

I searched and read where one person put a 6k on the m105 and was having problems with bending the axle after only a few uses.

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