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Ivylog
Aug 31, 2016Explorer III
Other than sitting longer than normal... almost six months nothing has changed. It did not pull on the trip out of Fla as I thought about taking a video of how little steering wheel movement it took to drive my rig. I have not hit anything, not even a pothole.
Not sure why shocks are often brought up in handling issues as they only dampen movement... do not support any of the weight of the rig... OK there are air shocks. After going through a sharp dip in the road the induced bounce ends in one cycle so my shocks are still good.
Even though it's not a wandering issue we checked the toe in... still slightly less than 1/8th inch. A few of the big Monacos have had broken welds on the trailing arms that hold the drive axle in place... mine are fine. If one side was broken/ bent the distance between the drive and tag tires would not be the same.
Rotating the front tires sounds like the next inexpensive step.
Not sure why shocks are often brought up in handling issues as they only dampen movement... do not support any of the weight of the rig... OK there are air shocks. After going through a sharp dip in the road the induced bounce ends in one cycle so my shocks are still good.
Even though it's not a wandering issue we checked the toe in... still slightly less than 1/8th inch. A few of the big Monacos have had broken welds on the trailing arms that hold the drive axle in place... mine are fine. If one side was broken/ bent the distance between the drive and tag tires would not be the same.
Rotating the front tires sounds like the next inexpensive step.
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