F-53 suspension sagging on passenger side
2001 Ford 5-53 (33 footer). The passenger side seems to sag about 1.5 to 2 inches. Investigating, sup-pliers tell me this is a "known problem" and there seems to be 3 fixes for this. 1- air bags ...
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Pirate wrote:427435 wrote:My front end was not overweight. I would like to know how the front springs on a 2006 chassis can be worn.Pirate wrote:
My truck repair place used spacer blocks to even mine out sideways and lift the front. I was nervous going this route but am glad now we did instead of air bags. It didn't take them long to do it with new center bolts and shackle bolts.
The reason MH's sag is that the springs are either not up to the load and are taking a set. Adding spacers does nothing to solve that permanently. The problem will eventually come back.
Increasing the spring capacity with added air bags is a permanent fix.
There's a difference between wearing out and sagging. If the springs on your MH were the same LH and RH and one side was lower than the other---------------there was more weight on that side. More weight means you need a stronger spring on that side, which is what adding an air bag would do.
