morryde rubber suspension equalizer failure
OK, so we've towed our carriage 5er about 40000 mi. in 6 years. This am while fueling in Wendover, Utah, checking tires, etc, the rig looked a bit lower on one side. The Morryde rubber equalizer ...
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No problems with the rubber but did manage to shear a wetbolt at the spring hanger using the Equaflex centerpoint system which I think is similar to the Mor Ride.
I had hit one nasty dip which made the whole rubber assembly push forward. Fixed that by getting all of the weight on rear wheel forcing it to snap back into position. Did not discover the broken wetbolt till another 500 miles later in Dawson City, Yukon. Lucky I had a spare bolt & the tools & blocks of wood to repair myself right in the CG.
Tricky business jacking the trailer just right so that there is no weight on the bolt & axels are not hanging on it either.
My equalizer mount was damaged too at the upper mounting hole but we completed the trip to Alaska & back to MD on it checking it everytime we stopped & avoiding every pothole possible.
Back in MD both were replaced. Tossed the damaged one & kept the old undamaged one as a spare kept onboard.
A job every owner should be prepared to do. You never know how far out in the sticks you will be when Murphy finds you.
I had hit one nasty dip which made the whole rubber assembly push forward. Fixed that by getting all of the weight on rear wheel forcing it to snap back into position. Did not discover the broken wetbolt till another 500 miles later in Dawson City, Yukon. Lucky I had a spare bolt & the tools & blocks of wood to repair myself right in the CG.
Tricky business jacking the trailer just right so that there is no weight on the bolt & axels are not hanging on it either.
My equalizer mount was damaged too at the upper mounting hole but we completed the trip to Alaska & back to MD on it checking it everytime we stopped & avoiding every pothole possible.
Back in MD both were replaced. Tossed the damaged one & kept the old undamaged one as a spare kept onboard.
A job every owner should be prepared to do. You never know how far out in the sticks you will be when Murphy finds you.
