Worn/broken spring shackles-word of warning
If your rig is more than a few years old, crawl underneath and inspect the shackles that attach to the ends of your leaf springs. Check all the brackets for wear. I just replaced a sheared off spring ...
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I installed a Equa-Flex & wet bolt kit in driveway 5 years ago. Like fj12 said, bit of a pain but doable. I borrowed 4 HD jackstands from work and rested the frame in them after I removed the tires. Stands were on top of 2 6x6's x 2' for all for "corners". Used a neighbors vice to "press" in the wet bolts into parts of the Equa-Flex due to bolts having serrated edges near the head of them. Make sure the grease holes in bolt are either in the 3 or 9 o'clock position when installing ALL of them (mark w/ a Sharpie marker on head). Overall, took a few hours to do. Factory bushings ere toast and we didn't travel far w/ coach up to that point. Not sure how long the bronze bushings will last, but like others have said, the new hardware is much beefier than factory. I've ordered online 6 new wet bolts just in case as I have to lower the susp in order to raise the rear of the RV due to new truck.
Biggest thing I can think of is to make sure you have jackstands capable of supporting the weight of the coach. Fortunately I work for a trucking company and was able to borrow theirs from shop for the weekend. Did it myself, but a helper would be useful.
Biggest thing I can think of is to make sure you have jackstands capable of supporting the weight of the coach. Fortunately I work for a trucking company and was able to borrow theirs from shop for the weekend. Did it myself, but a helper would be useful.
