pullin2 wrote:
My Windjammer has torsion bars like that. There is no axle "bar" running between the wheels on either side. It's PITA to jack up and change a tire (found out the hard way). I think they're called TorFlex, or something like that.
Here is a website with a good picture of them.
I don't know why they're used by Forest River on my model. At 35 ft, I'm sure not taking it off road.
They're way more stable, and your Winmjammer tows better because of them. Forest River's Rockwood division is one of the few that use them. I've had my share of trailers with conventional axles and leaf springs, but after experiencing the Torflex axles on our current Rockwood, I don't really care to have another with leaf springs if I can avoid them. I had loose change on the kitchen counter and the table, and after 500 mles from PA to VT it was still in the same spot when we arrived. On our previous trailers that change would of went anywhere and everywhere.
I don't know how changing a tire is a PITA because of the Torflex. Either way you still have to lift high enough to overcome the suspension travel. From what I remember when I use my trailer aid wedge I have about the same gap to pavement with the Rockwood with Torflex axles as I had on the prior Keystone with conventional axles, leaf springs, and equalizer links. Maybe you need a taller jack or more blocks under it.
They do have tube however that go from side to side, but the spindle itself is not in line with those tubes. What is being discussed in this thread is a different animal.
