RV up in the air


By on Tuesday, September 04, 2012

It was pretty strange seeing my RV up in the air like this. I had it in the shop for an oil change and brake inspection.

I also had some wear on the inner tread of my front tires. I was told that it was probably due to the front end compressing a lot (basically bouncing up and down). The strange part was that the wear was only on the inner most tread. The others were perfect. I thought I would have to replace the front tires. Instead, they rotated them to the inner rear dual.

I ordered front and rear Hellwig Anti Sway bars tonight online along with four heavy duty Bilstein shocks. I think I saved about $500 to $600 bucks over what the RV shop was going to charge. I'm so excited to get those put on. It should be a totally different ride.

The RV guy wanted $450 to install the sway bars, so I'm going to try and install them myself (perhaps with a little help from my son). I've watched a couple of YouTube videos about it and I think I can handle it. Several guys on the RV.Net forums say they've installed them without much trouble. I'll have to have the shocks done at the shop since I have no way to jack up the RV and remove the tires. Maybe it can be done without jacking it up, but I don't think so. Bummer.

I'll keep you posted on my progress once the sway bars and shocks come in the mail.

~T

1 comments :

  1. Tito, First I would like to thank you for filming the instulation of the sway bars, I have A 07 Ford E450HD Coachmen Concord ts300 class B+(30')and after viewing your vido,I ordered front and rear Hellwig sway bars for my rig. I have been wanting to replace them for some time. Thanks again. Dan Dougherty (danpat4120@att.net

    ReplyDelete

Let me know what you're thinking. I welcome your comments. Thanks -Tito

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