Thread: Axle Alignment
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Old 12-14-2011, 12:18 AM   #17
Jack in Alaska
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For us lucky ones that have never had to jack up their rig.......where is the proper place to position the jack to prevent damage???

Also..when my MS was new (2004) we had problems smashing the shocks and shock mounts. After several trips to the selling dealer in Everett, Wash. and to a CW in Texas it was discovered that the upper set of bolt holes on the hanger were used at the factory to install the suspension instead of the lower holes. It was changed to the lower which raised the RV approx. 2" and allowed more travel room for the shocks. No shock problems since.
But I noticed that the upper holes have been oblong-ed up causing a knurled edge on the top of the hole; ie the hanger was deforming. What I wonder is how are the lower holes, now used, holding up. How to repair if they are also deformed???
Our shake down trip was from Everett, Wash. to Texas to Cancun to Howe, Ind. to Anchorage, Alaska. We drove over at least 500 topes(speed bumps) in Mexico. That may have something to do with ob-longing those original holes.
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