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NeverHome2
Sep 24, 2015Explorer
Ron,if you look at pictures and specs of early 2000 to 2006 the Endeavor and Diplomat they are exact copies including paint and interiors. If you have ever driven a coach on a RR8R Roadmaster chassis it steers itself and you have to constantly saw at the steering wheel to keep it on the the road. When a truck passes you the air it is pushing pushes the coach over and when you make a quick lane change it has so much yaw that it becomes almost out of control. When a wind comes up it is almost undriveable. This is caused by the H-frames moving due to trailing arm deflection. In the early Monaco coaches the bushings in the trailing arms were of a too hard durometer and they would break. The fix is a softer thermoplastic encapsulated bushing but because they are press fit the recall replaced the whole trailing arm. All the history and detailed engineering to fix the problems are in a large thread on Irv2.com. the thread is titled "Wandering, swaybars, alignment, ride height, oh my..." Take the time and read it, it is very educational.
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