New to Class A are lots of steering corrections normal?

With the engine shut off how much free play is there in the steering wheel? If it's more than a half inch this could be your problem. Unfortunately Monaco did not use the TRW steering gearbox in all of their motorhomes... you can adjust the free play out of the TRW but not the other manufacture. If the Pitman arm has a large boat on the circumference holding it on the splined shaft of the gearbox it's a TRW. On the side is a jam nut and adjusting screw that will take the excessive free play out of it.

Assuming the tow in is correct and you have less than a half inch of free play then the problem may be the nut behind the steering wheel not giving steering inputs long enough to take affect... much the same as oversteering a boat that is slow to take steering inputs. You have to give smaller inputs longer to take affect or you'll be chasing the motorhome and all over the highway. On a good highway with no wind see if you can keep it between the lines by cutting your steering movements in half. With practice you can anticipate what you need to do... going under a bridge when you have a crosswind.

*I have 80,000 miles on my Monaco and it's a pleasure to drive. Other than adjusting the gearbox early on, the rest of my front end is stock and other than checking the toe end myself it has never been aligned since leaving the factory. If your tires are wearing evenly with 20,000 miles on them there is no reason to do an alignment.

Welfarewagon wrote:
Just moved up to a Class A diesel from a fifth wheel my question is since I have never driven any other motor home is a lot if steering correction needed while driving or could I have a loose or worn tie end rod or steering part? I have a 2001 Holiday Rambler Endeavor 40DP with 90k miles.
I know I'm driving a 40,000 lb house down the road I just want to know If this or normal or should I be concerned

IMHO, no matter how old or how many miles - if it feels like it needs and Alignment - then it probably does.

No vehicle that you drive down the road should be work.

JMHO,

The answer is it depends. No wind on a good road it should track down the road just fine. Mine does with no more corrections than driving a car. But add some wind or some steep crest to the road, and yeah it takes an effort to keep it in the land. I just drove to Reno and back this weekend and we had some heavy winds here in California and there were places where I was fighting it.

It may be a case of just needing to get used to how a MH drives vs driving a pickup. With a MH try "guiding" it more than "driving" it.

We had a 2003 Endeavor that we bought in 2010 with 30,000 miles. It did the same thing. I had everything checked and had an alignment done. It drove like that for the 6 years I owned it.

Have an expert check your steering. RV is 16 years old with 90k.