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My air bag solution to a sagging motorhome
OK so i bought this saggy old 91 bounder thats 40ft long with a 16ft slide. After changing the engine that blew up the day we bought it (gas 460) to another way newer and less miled out one that runs great now, the next task was to address the Mor Ryde ccrap suspension on this beast. Now i know Mor Ryde gives a nice ride and all but at $232 canadian PER rubber pad X4 pads and shipping.. well i just wasnt gonna have any part of that so i got ahold of a trucking buddy and grabbed 2 big firestone air bags from a peterbuilt semi truck. I have a bunch of scrap steel around here and a 220 volt mig welder as well as a bunch of other power tools so i got to work Saturday morning and finished it off Sunday night. I would have liked to have put the airbags inboard but there just isnt room under there with the weird pivoting tandem axle setup so i ended up making them outboard. I still need to find a safety blanket for the bags so they dont get punctured by any flying rocks from the tires so tomorrow i will stop by the local semi shops and see what they have. The big old beast is now sitting level at just 40psi in the bags and rides better then it has in its entire life. Figured i'd share the pics i have of the project in case someone else "handy" feels like saving a bunch of money.2.2KViews0likes6CommentsRe: tag axle MH sagging... what to do?
ya the engine swap was a major pain in my backside but its done and running perfectly now. According to that page they only rate it for a total of 2732lbs of people and stuff including a tow vehicle. I would say thats almost impossible to stay within that limit.629Views0likes0Comments- 629Views0likes0Comments
Re: tag axle MH sagging... what to do?
I did recieve an email back from them, they say to replace the rubber suspension parts at a cost of $278 cdn X 4. I cant afford that nor are they in that bad of shape. I have a feeling its the coil springs that have been compressed over the years. Gonna take it to a suspension shop tomorrow that deals with heavy trucks.629Views0likes0Comments
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