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et2
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Aug 08, 2018

Wheel well interference

What are they thinking? Our new 2019 Discovery 44h LXE after it sits and the air bags deflate, if the wheels aren't pretty much straight there's gonna be some metal damage. Just noticed this. The wheels had maybe a 10 degree variance from straight. The tires just barely misses the wheel well. Any more and there would have been contact after the body came down on top of the tires.

The motorhome really squats down in the front. I Never had that on our old Expedition. I remember someone in this forum or on another I visit stating their salesman told them about keeping the wheels straight on this model. I really never thought about it .... Until now.

Anyone else experience this on your rigs?
  • Another good reason to put the jacks down prior to dumping the air.
  • Ours center themselves, just another feature of Comfort Drive. Probably good too, since we upsized our tires they'd probably hit too if the wheels were turned and the air dumped.
  • Interesting question. I always centered the steering wheel before shutting down for the night. Don’t know why just habit I guess from the days when we used blocks to level.