# NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation PE87008
> **FAILURE** · Opened 1986-12-15 · Closed 1987-04-15
## Investigation
- **Action number:** PE87008
- **Type:** Preliminary Evaluation
- **Open date:** 1986-12-15
- **Close date:** 1987-04-15
- **Manufacturer:** ARA MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- **Affected makes:** BEALL; CLEMENT; CLOUGH; FRUEHAUF; JL TANK; NEWAY; PARAMOUNT; WELD-IT; WEST MARK; WESTERN
- **Affected components:** SUSPENSION
- **Affected model years:** 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987
- **Affected (make, year) variants:** 108
## Summary

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION FROM MANUFACTURER:ROCKWELL REPORTED THAT MODELS TN& TQ TRAILER AXLES WERE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH NEWAY RC-122 SUSPENSION.LOADSIMPOSED UPON THOSE AXLES BY THE SUSPENSION WERE TOO GREAT FOR SUCCESSFULOPERATION DURING THE LIFE OF THE TRAILER.SIX FINAL STAGE MANUFACTURERSUTILIZING THE ABOVE COMBINATION CONDUCTED SAFETY RECALLS.FRUEHAUF ALSOCONDUCTED A SAFETY RECALL FOR SIMILAR REASONS.EATON CORPORATION NOWSTATES THAT THEY ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WILL SUBMIT AWARNING LETTER ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.ANALYSIS:SEVEN OF THE KNOWN MANUFACTURERS HAVE CONDUCTED APPROPRIATESAFETY RECALLS.TWO ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURERS ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEOFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL.THREE OTHER MANUFACTURERS INVOLVED MAY BE OUT OFBUSINESS.PROPOSED ACTION:UPGRADE TO AN EA.EVALUATE EATON'S FORTHCOMING LETTER.===

## Source
- [NHTSA ODI investigation page](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults?searchType=ID&targetCategory=I&searchCriteria.nhtsa_ids=PE87008)
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