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rollexx
Explorer
Aug 26, 2019

Don’t be like me...Check those shackle links....

Have a 2006 fifth wheel. Been trouble free..... until last Friday. Driving down the road my TPM went off. Right rear trailer tire loosing pressure fast. Luckily had room to pull off road. Broke out th...
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fj12ryder
Explorer III
Aug 27, 2019
One of the best reasons to have a set of wet bolts and upgraded shackles. OEM-type suspension shackles are an accident waiting to happen. Hard to believe they still allow them to mount axles that way.

The shackle bolts should rotate/move on bushings, not shackles. Poor design. IMO of course.

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