5th wheel alignment issues
Hi Y'all While I was underneath my fifth wheel the other day replacing a grey water valve, I noticed that the suspension components on the right side of the trailer (it is a tandem axle, each axle ...
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goducks10 wrote:laknox wrote:Veebyes wrote:
Tires will tell the story on alignment. Youtube is your friend for how to do the measurements. Bent frame? Like everyone else, trailer repair place. They have the equipment & know how.
Not always, since most have you measuring to the king pin. I've seen at least one post here where the owner's king pin was over 1" off-center. Hard to align your axles when your "monument" isn't where it's supposed to be.
Lyle
Disagree. The pin is the pull point. wouldn't matter if the 5er was sitting sideways on the frame. The axles always align with the pin.
An off-center pin is still going to put unusual stress on the frame, which can cause it to track off-center, even if the axles are aligned to the pin.
Lyle
