Class C rear end sag and banging!
Just got back from a 4,000 mile plus journey to the great northeast - had a great trip and for the most part a pretty uneventful RV time. I have a '93 29ft Class C on a Ford E350 chassis with the 4...
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whemme wrote:
Your 29' Class C built on a Ford E350 chassis is most probably significantly over loaded on its rear axle. The E350 chassis uses a Dana 70 rear axle rated at 8500 lbs. Your 29' should have been built on a E450 chassis that uses heavier rear leaf springs and a Dana 80 rear axle rated at 9600 lbs. Have you weighed your RV to determine the actual weight on the rear axle alone?
The E450 did not exist in 1993. Some longer Cs were built back then on the E350 with a tag axle but apparently the OPs was not. You are correct, the rear axle is likely grossly overloaded.
