Class C rattles teeth when hitting bumps.
I have a 2003 Monaco McKenzie Rogue Class C RV - 29 feet long - 30kmiles. The RV has Firestone air suspension on the back. I got the RV a year ago and have taken several trips. The RV rattles my te...
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Leaf springs. Metal fatigues period. Mine was slam banging over the road too. It was the leaf springs. I put new ones on PLUS one extra leaf. Ahhhh.
I'd go to a frame shop or a repair shop that knows about suspension. They have a whole mathematical thing going on with suspension. They even asked me how much lift I wanted in the rear end!
When all was said and done the ride was unbelievable and it DID lift the back end up. Actually it probably put it back where it was when new and had new leaf springs. :W All I know is I don't bottom out anymore going up those nasty gas station driveways.
sometimes you can just add a leaf spring to help the old tired ones. IMHO I consider air bags is just a band-aide on bad leaf springs and air bags just give a hard ride which is not what we want in an RV. Just saying.
I'd go to a frame shop or a repair shop that knows about suspension. They have a whole mathematical thing going on with suspension. They even asked me how much lift I wanted in the rear end!
When all was said and done the ride was unbelievable and it DID lift the back end up. Actually it probably put it back where it was when new and had new leaf springs. :W All I know is I don't bottom out anymore going up those nasty gas station driveways.
sometimes you can just add a leaf spring to help the old tired ones. IMHO I consider air bags is just a band-aide on bad leaf springs and air bags just give a hard ride which is not what we want in an RV. Just saying.
