Coach Leans to Driver's Side

[10forty2]

So my wife was following me to the campground in the truck last weekend and when we arrive, she mentions that it really looks like the coach is leaning to the driver's side. Sure enough, on level ground without stabilizers deployed, it does lean slightly. Is it worn out leaf springs on that side or potentially something else?

PS....I don't think it's recently happened, but we just recently noticed it as she was following me down the road.

[Bill_Diana]

wolfe10 wrote:
Third choice is to have a truck spring shop add a shim under the spring on the low side. Standard, acceptable option if the spring and shackles are OK.

Exactly what I had done on mine. Worked great!!!!

[wolfe10]

Third choice is to have a truck spring shop add a shim under the spring on the low side. Standard, acceptable option if the spring and shackles are OK.

[10forty2]

It's the Ford F53 Chassis....sorry I didn't post that earlier.

On visual inspection, from my limited suspension knowledge, there doesn't appear to be any missing spacers or extra spacers on one side or out of place blocks or loose anything under there. No indication that anything has shifted or broken. Nothing looks out of place. I think my spring on that side is just sprung.....looking at the prices, I'm really hating the replacement, but it looks like I have two choices....replace or ride with the driver's side leaning.

[Pirate1]

My truck shop used spacer blocks to get mine nice and level. I couldn't be happier.

[Gjac]

Having gone through some suspension problems on mine I would do the following. Make sure you are parked in a level area, measure the front ride height left and right, measure the rear ride height as Wildman posted,look for missing shims in the rear or deflated air bags in front if it is a P-30 chassis, get individual wheel weights to see if the problem can be cured by shifting weight around. Post your findings and what chassis you have.

[wolfe10]

One other point. You don't say what chassis you are on, but if Chevy/Workhorse P chassis, verify correct PSI in the front air bags (inside coil springs).

[Bill_Diana]

We had a leaning to the passenger side. Took the coach to a truck shop and they determined the leaf spring needed support. After spring adjustment they did a front end alignment. Total cost about $550. Rides better than ever.

[10forty2]

Rickieblue wrote:
As you say that is where you had the last blowout.............hmmm..maybe look at the size of the tires from side to side..I have seen that all too often..........

Unless Goodyear varies the size of their tires within the same model, that's probably not an issue. Got G647 245/70R19.5 all around.

I'm crawling under her belly today to see if anything obvious glares out at me....more to come......

[jerry8mm]

I had that problem except mine was lower on the right side. I ended up having the leaf springs replaced on that side and now it sets level. The only problem was that it cost about $1,800 parts and labor.

[Rickieblue]

As you say that is where you had the last blowout.............hmmm..maybe look at the size of the tires from side to side..I have seen that all too often..........

[10forty2]

Executive wrote:
Maybe you've gained a few pounds....:W.....Dennis

Brett's assessment is valid....D

Ha....Ha.... Y'all are funny......funny I tell ya...:R LOL! :B Yes, I HAVE gained a few pounds over the winter, but I seriously doubt it's that much! That's the side I had the last blowout....could the tread have caused some other problem? I'm pretty good, mechanically, except when it comes to the suspension, so I'm venturing out of my comfort zone.

[wildmanbaker]

This is interesting. The passenger side is usually the side that sags, not the driver side. IF you are going to look into it, measure from the springs and the chassis at the axel mounts and at the same distance forward and behind the spring perches on the axel to the chassis. Also look for a spring spacer on the passenger side as Brent mention. As in my case, maybe Dennis's observation is correct.

[Executive45]

Maybe you've gained a few pounds....:W.....Dennis

Brett's assessment is valid....D

[wolfe10]

Most likely worn springs, but could be:

Worn shackle
Too much weight on that corner/side
Spacer block under spring(s)on other side (have seen this one)

But, our speculation is of less value than your/a spring shop's investigation.