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Gundog
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Aug 23, 2018

Question about wheelbase and handling issues???

I used to have a 2000 Fleetwood class A 30' coach with the workhorse chassis and 454 Chevy engine. This coach had a large section of the body past the rear axle and it handled terrible in the wind. I ...
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garyemunson
Explorer II
Aug 23, 2018
Poor handling in wind is often a case of insufficient toe in caused either by general wear and tear on the front end (or lax maintenance with a grease gun) or just incorrect alignment. Toe in compensates from the interaction of the forward motion of the coach and the caster setting trying to 'spread' the front wheels to a toe out condition.

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