My RV seriously leans to the right...
My Class C always seems to have leaned to the right when looking from the rear (i.e. it leans to the curb/passenger's side). For some reason, it looks a little farther tilted lately. We've always p...
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Have you looked at the leaf springs? Sounds like you have a failed and/or broken leaf on one side. Leaf springs get metal fatigue.
If you 'are' way over weight on one side the leaf springs on that side would fatigue faster and be more prone to a broken leaf spring that you won't be able to see. Also that fat grommet gets squashed down and can slip too.
Not always easy to see all what could be going on just by looking at the side that is visible to you. I'd have a frame/suspension shop look into it before you start shoving shims in it.
I think everyone tends to forget that those leaf springs are not spring chickens after a few years of heavy hauling on them and don't take into consideration that they DO have metal fatigue.
I swear by rod and custom frame shops to work on my RV. After about a million different opinions on my MH. I finally took it to a frame shop and in 5 minutes they had it 'calculated' to the nth degree what to do to correct it. AND they were less expensive than ANY of the RV shops and what they 'thought' should be done.
If you 'are' way over weight on one side the leaf springs on that side would fatigue faster and be more prone to a broken leaf spring that you won't be able to see. Also that fat grommet gets squashed down and can slip too.
Not always easy to see all what could be going on just by looking at the side that is visible to you. I'd have a frame/suspension shop look into it before you start shoving shims in it.
I think everyone tends to forget that those leaf springs are not spring chickens after a few years of heavy hauling on them and don't take into consideration that they DO have metal fatigue.
I swear by rod and custom frame shops to work on my RV. After about a million different opinions on my MH. I finally took it to a frame shop and in 5 minutes they had it 'calculated' to the nth degree what to do to correct it. AND they were less expensive than ANY of the RV shops and what they 'thought' should be done.
