leaning to the right

Russian leaf springs?

Tntman wrote:
My 2001 National Tropical 36' on the F-53 chassis leaned to the right. National in Perris, CA sent me to a lot spring shop. They knew of the problem, added a leaf to the right rear. Solved the lean, handling was great and tire wear was normal. No problems after that. Coach rode level.

First time for everything.

My 2001 National Tropical 36' on the F-53 chassis leaned to the right. National in Perris, CA sent me to a lot spring shop. They knew of the problem, added a leaf to the right rear. Solved the lean, handling was great and tire wear was normal. No problems after that. Coach rode level.

Tried to have my first F-53 lean fixed by adding springs. The shop had nothing but problems trying to do it and in the end, abandoned the entire project. I have yet to read of anyone actually adding a leaf to the F-53.

On my 2006, it was low in the front and unlevel. Truck shop used spacers to level it all out. About 3" on one side, 2.5" on the other. Been like this now for 8 years with no further leaning or sagging.

There was a guy on another forum who purchased a new motorhome and had handling problems for 6 years. Added all sorts of after market parts to help handling to no avail.

He recently discovered that his front tires were two different sizes. Came that way new. Bought two new tires and the handling problem was solved.

So check out your tire sizes, can't hurt.

We added a spacer of about 1/2 inch on 2016 Ford F-53. Leveled it off perfectly.

My Fleetwood has propane tank, refer, stove oven on right side always leaned.

This is a known problem for the F53 ford chassis. Manufactures wanted a soft ride and ford gave it to them, but the springs are not strong enough to resist sagging, because of the road crown. Not only that, but there always seems to be a slight wind on the drivers side, which also contributes to the sagging problem. You want to be very careful about adding a spring leaf to only one side. You will be creating an uneven loading on the chassis, and the basic MH is NOT a race car. You need to be able to left and right with equal safety.

Put front and rear airbags on my 1999 National Tropical F53 and not only helped the problem but the handling and ride difference is amazing. A little spendy though, just shy of $2,000 but I would do it again in a heartbeat.

shop just called and found 5 in difference pass side lower,bussings are shot will replace with neoprene.then will check.