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cooksvillewildc
Oct 05, 2008Explorer
The installation photos were awesome - wish I could have seen them before my install.
Speaking of my install, I purchased and installed the Dexter EZ-Flex kit this summer on my Wildcat 5th wheel, but after installation I noticed I had some clearance issues with the shackles. The could potentially contact my propane pipe and my galley water waste pipe. I ended up taking the kit back off and installing the Trailair Equaflex kit because it was a closer match to my equalizers. The problem with my camper was that the equalizers were 4" tall and the EZ-Flex ones were shorter, so I lost clearance - about an inch and a half.
Since I had installed the EZ-Flex kit I could not return it (I knew that right away.)
Anyone know what I should do with the kit?? (it has been installed and removed from the camper, so there are marks on the parts ....)
I used the original bushings from the EZ-Flex kit for the Equalflex kit, so I also still have 8 new brass bushings and the additional wet bolts (from the Equaflex kit) as well as the Dexter HD shackles (these shackles would not work with the Equaflex due to their thickness, so I now have regular non-HD shackles on the 5th wheel..)
Speaking of my install, I purchased and installed the Dexter EZ-Flex kit this summer on my Wildcat 5th wheel, but after installation I noticed I had some clearance issues with the shackles. The could potentially contact my propane pipe and my galley water waste pipe. I ended up taking the kit back off and installing the Trailair Equaflex kit because it was a closer match to my equalizers. The problem with my camper was that the equalizers were 4" tall and the EZ-Flex ones were shorter, so I lost clearance - about an inch and a half.
Since I had installed the EZ-Flex kit I could not return it (I knew that right away.)
Anyone know what I should do with the kit?? (it has been installed and removed from the camper, so there are marks on the parts ....)
I used the original bushings from the EZ-Flex kit for the Equalflex kit, so I also still have 8 new brass bushings and the additional wet bolts (from the Equaflex kit) as well as the Dexter HD shackles (these shackles would not work with the Equaflex due to their thickness, so I now have regular non-HD shackles on the 5th wheel..)
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