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Bill; he's got, what sounds to me to be the same clamp plate with 2 "ears" on it for the lower shock mounting and removing and swapping it for one from the other side would then allow him to use the 'other' ear for the shock mounting without having to go get another plate or weld repair. I performed that same operation on my trailer last fall on the way to Yuma.
I hooked mine up to the truck and jacked the frame as jacking the axle inboard of the spring clamping plate could bend the axle. I borrowed another jack to use in concert with my big air jack to alter jack the wheel up and then removed the wheel and released the jack to allow the axle & spring to drop down to relieve any weight from that axle end. The complication with this repair is the center point air suspension has to have the weight of the trailer off it on that side by lifting the thing as much as you safely can by the frame or it will simply keep rotating weight towards the axle you attempt to take apart.
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Sandra, Bruce
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