Solitude leaning to one side.

shadows4 wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I just replaced mine on my 2019 Momentum.

Mind sharing what shop you took your trailer to? Thinking about changing mine out and not sure where to go besides Croft.

Sorry for the hijack, hope to be forgiven. :)

It sounded simple when I did it, but it was kind of convoluted in the end. :)

I decided my 3,500 lb. springs were flattened and needed replacing. I also decided I didn't like the Lippert EquaFlex equalizers. I also had a shackle break, I believe due to improper installation of parts at some point.

So...I decided to go with 4,000 lb. springs, EZ=Flex equalizers, and the Dexter wet bolt kit. Then I ordered everything from ETrailer. Well, they said the springs were holding things up and wouldn't be here until August 23, then a few days later, the shipping date would be September 12. We were leaving town on September 18, so that wasn't going to work. So I shopped around and ended up canceling the entire order. I bought the springs from Lippert, the EZ-Flex equalizers and wet bolt kit from a different e-tailer, and sourced the longer U-bolts locally. And I'm glad I did, doing all that saved me over $350.

I got everything quicker than I'd hoped for and started work. Since I'm 73 I took two days to do it. :) I used the auto-level to support the 5th wheel while I did all the work. Worked great. The only real issue I had were the spring eyes. All eight of them had to have the bushings reamed out after pressing them in. Usually it's one, maybe two that have to be reamed, but all eight of these deformed the bushings enough they needed to be reamed.

I haven't towed it very far, but the short (8) miles seemed like it was all worthwhile.

If I couldn't have done it myself, I would most likely have gone to Croft.

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled thread. :)