2inAlabama wrote:
OK, I am going to do the Ez-Flex upgrade. While I am at it, I am wondering about installing the Monroe Shock kit from shockwarehouse.com ( http://www.shockwarehouse.com/site/mon_retrokit.cfm ). Has anyone here installed this shock kit? If so, what are the noticeable improvements for the TT ride and towing experience? Are there any complications with the install? Is it truly just a bolt-on process?
Bolt on Process?? Depends on your trailer and if there are any shock mounts already on the trailer. I have done the shock kit install on 4 trailers. I had to drill a hole in the trailer frame for the upper shock mount on all 4 trailers. On the two trailers that had I beam frames I used what is called a chain pocket instead of the Monroe kit.
Monroe upper kit I got the pockets for $3.50 each. The pockets fit in the I beam perfect. I mounted them with 4 3/8 bolts. Then there is a 1/2 hole in the center and a 1/2 hole in the trailer frame. I also made a spacer from 1/2 inch water pipe that goes between the frame and the pocket. This allows full torque on the 1/2 inch grade 8 bolt that is the upper shock mount. The trailers handle much better. One is a small utility trailer. After going across a railroad track of rough spot the trailer would bounce around a little. Now it is stable as a rock. This is one I pull behind my 5th wheel. Very important it does not dance around. The 5th wheel behaves much better after the shocks.
