Buggy, Carriage, Surrey, Wagon, Axles
USA Amish-manufactured buggy and carriage axles for Pennsylvania-style Amish buggies, carriages, Surrey, and wagons. Straight or drop axles are available in standard 1” x 68” for long style standard hubs and 1" x 64" short spindle hub wagon wheels used to build or replace axles on horse-drawn four and two-wheel vehicles.
Rear drop axles have a 1-5/8" drop for rear leaf spring mounting, and the front drop axles have a 3-1/2" drop for the fifth wheel & leaf spring mounting.
Carriage builders in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania generally use the same hubs and bearings to ensure compatibility for repair parts. Before ordering, check the axle spindle size, Timken bearing numbers, and seal numbers below to ensure yours match. We also carry the wheels.
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Description / Buggy, Carriage, Surrey, Wagon, Axles
Axles are priced and weighed on a per-axle basis for shipping. If you need a set or more, select the first axle to add to the cart, then return to the shopping cart to add additional axles and the optional bearing and seal kits.
Amish axles are made to fit our Lancaster County, PA wagon wheels, mounting wood, leaf springs, clips, and U-bolts. Click Here to see all our buggy & carriage running gear and hardware.
The Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania Amish carriage makers mainly stay universal with the running gear, check the spindle size and bearing numbers below if you plan to use these axles with different wheels.
The short spindles are popular because they do not stick out as far as standard long spindles; they provide more clearance through barn doors and fence posts and are easier on the kneecaps and legs when walking around the buggies. Shorter spindle hubs are achieved by moving the rear and front bearings closer together. The trade-off is that the wheel hubs are less well supported for larger wagons and heavier loads than a wider standard hub. You will need to use wheels with short-spindle hubs on short-spindle axles, and vice versa for long-spindle hubs.
Axles will be black powder-coated. Either size axle will measure 60" center to center of the installed wheels.
Optional bearings and seal kit #542-021 include #541 rear large 1” I.D. roller bearing 07093, #542 1” I.D. small outer roller bearing A6075, #573-1 1” I.D. x 2” O.D. Oil Seal, #531 Axle Washer, and #554 Cotter Pin.
#529 Axle Nut is included with the axle.
#570-EZ hub cap is generally included with the wheel purchase, or it can be purchased separately from the bearing kit.
Select axles and the optional bearing and seal kit to fit our wagon wheel hubs using the drop-down boxes.