Sep-05-2014 12:02 AM
Dec-03-2014 09:32 AM
Sep-18-2014 07:04 AM
Itasca55 wrote:I kept mine there also. I never had the wandering but felt every pot hole and road joint until the SS were installed. You could see shiny spots on the bottom of the upper A arm where the rubber bumper was hitting with the bags fully inflated. I drive the MH with one hand just like a car even with passing trucks I feel no wander.mci7 wrote:
Glad your happy with the springs, am thinking they are like the safety steer spring kit, trying to keep you on the road ?
When I bought my MC7, it had that junk installed, I removed it, rebuilt the front end back to new, meaning new everything from the king pins, tie rod ends, drag link ends, new steering gear without the hydraulic assist, new bushings on all rod ends. The funny thing happened, it drove and handled like a dream.
As for airbags, agree, some builders use air bags who have zero clue as to what works. The finest handling coach I have played was the outside the wheel 10 bag design with a tag. very stable & secure, no leaning and very stable in large gusty winds.
But as the saying goes, it your happy, I am delighted.
Dave M
Yes I replaced the main springs with super steer and I also have the safety steer springs your talking about also . The last owner had them installed . so I left them on . there $$ front blow out would be nasty ..
Itasca55
Sep-18-2014 01:43 AM
mci7 wrote:
Glad your happy with the springs, am thinking they are like the safety steer spring kit, trying to keep you on the road ?
When I bought my MC7, it had that junk installed, I removed it, rebuilt the front end back to new, meaning new everything from the king pins, tie rod ends, drag link ends, new steering gear without the hydraulic assist, new bushings on all rod ends. The funny thing happened, it drove and handled like a dream.
As for airbags, agree, some builders use air bags who have zero clue as to what works. The finest handling coach I have played was the outside the wheel 10 bag design with a tag. very stable & secure, no leaning and very stable in large gusty winds.
But as the saying goes, it your happy, I am delighted.
Dave M
Sep-18-2014 01:37 AM
turbojimmy wrote:mci7 wrote:
Glad your happy with the springs, am thinking they are like the safety steer spring kit, trying to keep you on the road ?
No, they're the correctly rated front coil springs for the rig. Super Steer custom makes their springs for the application. I'm going to order a pair for mine but I need to find somewhere to weigh it. They won't sell me springs without a 4-corner weigh. The chassis manufacturers don't know what's going to be sitting on top of their "incomplete vehicle". After doing a lot of reading, I'm convinced the air bags installed in the front coils of the older rigs are band-aids at best. They are somewhat effective in compensating for under-rated springs, but there's nothing more effective than having the right springs in it.
Sep-05-2014 04:15 AM
mci7 wrote:
Glad your happy with the springs, am thinking they are like the safety steer spring kit, trying to keep you on the road ?
Sep-05-2014 02:19 AM