Itasca Class C Overhang Movement
I'm new to class c's and noticed my 2000 Itasca has some movement in the overhang while driving down the road. On the highway it's not noticeable but on side roads I can see the front flexing. Is that normal?
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- 08 Coachmen on a Chevy, no movement.
- Our 2005 Itasca does not do that. In fact the bottom of the overhang is cut out in a half-circle that is attached to a matching half-circle cut out in the cab's steel roof. By pushing one half of the two-piece overhang bed mattress up onto the forward piece of the mattress when not used for sleeping, we can enter into the cab almost fully standing and only bend down at the last minute to sit in the driver and passenger seats. Our overhang could not bounce or move without tearing itself free from the cab's roof.
Maybe Winnebago changed the whole overhang bottom/cab ceiling design sometime after the OP's model year? - Mine "bounces" about 1/4 inch or so continually.....even on interstates; maybe 1/2 inch when buffeted by headwinds. Been doing it for 46,000 miles now....probably ain't gonna quit anytime soon. In other words, pretty normal, methinks.
- The new ones that I drive don't do that.
- It's not more than an inch or two. Just enough to notice when I looked up when driving and saw it moving
- Most likely it is normal, assuming we're talking about maybe an inch or so and not a half foot or something. There's quite a bit of weight cantilevered out there to shake around, which is also one reason (not the only one) why it's not a great idea to stow your lead ingot and cinder block collections in the cabover when traveling.
