Spridle wrote:
Simple problem actually, It’s a poor weld with no penetration into the supplied bracket. It’s clear in the picture.
If there was a design problem causing unwanted stress and I had personally welded the brackets, the shocks would have bent up but the brackets would still be intact.
Another poor MIG welding example. What a crappy bead, it missed the bracket most of the time and attached only to the frame. How obvious.
Yes it is simple. VERY simple. Some just can't see that. It only *looked* like it was welded in place. The top of the bracket was basically 100% unattached to the frame and the bottom was barely hanging on from the start. They did not actually use the brackets as supplied to them. Can't wait until next week when a certified welder looks at it.
I will repeat again, the shop substantially changed how I specified the brackets to be installed (without my knowledge or permission) which was a flat plate welded to the upper and lower beam flanges just like Lippert does on many, many frames. In fact, the 2016 models of KZ Spree have this same plate welded to the Lippert beam.
Frankenstein design? Someone should go tell Nash that because I specified something very close to what they do for their shock mounts. Go look at the photo in the post a couple of pages back...
