Getting Rid of my Dual Cam system
I really like this system but it's such a darn pain. It's so complex no one, anywhere, has any idea how to adjust it or install it. I just had it transferred to a new trailer and new bars also were...
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Housedad wrote:
The snap up brackets and the dual cam brackets that mount to the frame on the newer manufactured units are not bent right. This causes the cams to be too far out away from the frame.
This has always been a source of confusion. The old style Cam chain brackets, like I have, are straight. The U bolt nuts go to the outside of the bracket and the U bolt loop goes toward the inside so that the chain pulls straight up.
The 'new' style of Cam chain bracket has the top half of the bracket bent towards the A frame. The U bolt is installed with the nuts on the inside of the bracket and the loop of the U bolt towards the outside. This allows the bracket to be installed with the loop on the outside of the bracket and the chains to be pulled straight up.
Previous with the "old" Cam chain bracket I have, people were installing it on the end of the Cam with the loop on the outside, causing the chain to be at angle, being further out at the Cam and being pulled in at the A frame snap up bracket. This caused a lot of stress and broken Snap Up brackets from what I was told.
If you were installing the "old style" Straight Cam chain brackets with the loop to the outside, it would make it appear that the Cams were to far outside of the frame.
Just another source of confusion when installing the Strait Line system. My installer intially had the bracket installed in the wrong orientation also.
This system is just to confusing for most installers who read to little, and work way to fast, to get the job done so that they can make more money. As someone stated, this system is mainly for DIY's that will actually spend the time to read the manual thoroughly and spend the time to make the correct adjustments after they read how to do them correctly.
Even if this is the best low cost system for sway control when 'installed' correctly, I'll never own one again. If I ever change campers, the hitch will be sold. I'll not use it again on another camper nor will I purchase another one.
I'm really hoping the dealer will install the Equal-i-zer or the Blue Ox Sway Pro as a replacement.
