Suspension mods to lower height of TT

JBarca wrote:

merlin8735 wrote:


After looking at the underside of the TT, there appears to be a considerable amount of clearance under the coach to allow it to be lowered.

That being said, I am wondering if any of you have tried lowering your TT's in this way and if you were successful or if you encountered problems that made you wish you hadn't tackled the project?

Hi Merlin,

The step, dump pipe, stabilizers and ball height will all drop 3 3/8" from where you are today.

You will need a longer drop shank on the WD hitch unless you have a real long shank now.

That will give you a start on this. Before doing, post some pics of the axle setup and the shortest fender well height in case you have something different than normal as we are doing this site unseen

And head up, do not rotate the axle over 180deg or pick up and turn the axles around. There is a front and back to the axle tube and there is a top and bottom. If you actually rotate or flip the axle tube you can royally disturb the wheel alignment.

Hope this helps and good luck

John

John:

Thanks for much for the information. This is exactly what I was looking for in the way of information. My TT came from the factory with the tubes on the underside of the springs. I think that goes back to using parts on hand to complete a build. There is plenty of room for the dump valves and my jacks have to be nearly completely extended to touch the ground on a level pad. I use 4x6 blocks under each of the jacks on level ground to keep from having them extended so much. On a less than level spot, I use lots of blocking. I would estimate that clearance from the bottom step on the TT to the ground is in the 15 inch range. It is so high, that I built an auxiliary step that doubles as a holder for the 4x6 jack blocks. The hitch is not an issue either. I do appreciate all the information you supplied. Thank you.