Getting ready and found this!
I endlessly prepare to leave on a big trip--and occasionally actually do go. So yesterday I started thinking about checking my suspension and slid under the rear axle--just for a look. I was startled to discover this:
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- Wow...you are very lucky that it didn't shear off at 60mph on a narrow mountain road. Pretty scary. From now on, I'm going to crawl under my rig every month and check that kind of thing.
- Lucky find. That could last awhile or it could go bad very quickly.
I bought HD center spring hangers last fall knowing that I have an elongated hanger bolt hole on one side. First order of business before we wander off on a eight thousand mile trip this summer is to get the new thicker hangers welded on & check the welds on the front & rear hangers. One has a partial crack.
The spring commissioning is much more than wash & wax. phillyg wrote:
Good catch!
No kidding, I appreciate these posts as it makes us think.- It is great that you discovered this. When it's fixed, please post pix.
WNYBob wrote:
Wantabe351 is right
Mor-Ryde
Those hangers are to wide front to back for the X-Factor crossmembers to saddle around. Just have a welding shop weld on square tubes side to side and all three hanger locations. Lippert has sheet on doing it.
Page two of this has Lippert's instructions.
https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/ACM18731969/RCRIT-11V486-1111.pdf- When they are done fixing spring hanger(s) have 2"x 2" .125" square tubes installed for side to side/spring hanger to spring hanger.
- Good catch!
- MorRyde makes(sells) the cross bracing your talking about,
rhagfo wrote:
That hanger is way too long! I would have a sub frame installed and normal length hangers looking at the picture about 3" to 4" sub frame!
the reason Howard has that style of spring hanger is because I started that install method and Our 2001 35 ft alpenlite was the first to have it. I also feel the bottom hole looked to me like a no way deal. We are in the middle hole.
chevman
