Diagonal frame bracing
I just bought a new to me 5th wheel and I've found I have a crack in the frame from the twisting of the axles. I've read the posts about running additional supports across each of the hangers. I've ...
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Ken>
New to me but it is an '03. It is the same frame and issue many others have seen and commented on. I'm not sure if I blame the frame company, the camper company (R-Vision), or the previous owner. Axles are flipped and the hangers are pretty long.
As a side story, I also just fixed a crack in the metal mounting the aluminum structure over the pin. I am convinced this was R-Vision's fault. They welded some fairly thin metal and then screwed the aluminum to this. They also burned holes to use lag-bolt to connect the aluminum so it was connected two different ways. Design probably would have worked but they only installed the bolts on the passenger side. The thin metal was holding all the load and eventually ripped. I found it because the front cap cracked and was moving by over an inch up and down on driver side while driving. Welded the steel again, added the lag bolts. Hopefully that is fixed. Now trying to fix the axle problem.
