bikemechanic53 wrote:If your unit was well balanced before the addition, then the right way to "add" an axle would have been to remove all of them and the hangars. Weld new hangars on to spec in locations that would match the center of the previous install. Just adding an axle either ahead of, or behind the existing axles can cause issues.... Or if you already had problems (unlikely) I suppose it could either improve the situation, or make it worse. Without specifics as to what exactly was done, and some pics... I am not going to speculate further on the possibilities.
I had a 3rd axle added to my 5th wheel this past winter in Yuma. AFter the addition, the equalizers no longer ride horizontally. They are all pushed forward as far as they can go. The front ones are hitting the hangers as the springs compress.
The guys in Yuma who did the work turned out to know less about adding an axle than I did. So I'm wondering if it is positioned correctly.
I don't see any way to post pictures here, so I doubt if my description will be useful. I"m in Oregon now and the RV guys around here don't appear to know more than the guys in Yuma.
Anyone know who I could send the picts to for help?
