Hey all
Thought I would share in case it helped anyone.
My Four Winds Infinity on a Ford chassis has become a handfull to drive over the last little while. I did not notice a big change at any one time just that I had trouble with sway on roads where I had never had any trouble before.
The last trip we made was fully loaded with 2 off road race cars on my flatbed and a full load of race spares and such. On the way out I had no trouble and it drove like it always has. After the race I had almost no load, Race cars went to their new owners along with most of the spares and fuel in the trailer tank was used up in the race. With no load on the trailer water and fuel in the motorhome almost empty I was able to go a bit faster in places where I was slowed due to a load before. At the higher speed the Motorhome became a real handfull, I had to drive slow like I was loaded for it to be even safe enough to drive. I stopped and checked air in tires which are less then 6 months old and inspected everything I could, and found nothing wrong. I thought the shocks were bad and had a long slow drive home.
This weekend I replaced all 4 bilstien shocks and went for a drive NO CHANGE. This had me stumped so I got on my creeper and started inspecting things. Both trackbars were good and tight, sway bars were connecte............What is this? The rear sway bar was still connected but on closer inspection the bolt that connects the sway bar to the link was sheered. The link connects to the sway bar via a bent plate bracket that bolts to the sway bar and has a bolt going thru it, the link and the swaybar to provide a dual sheer mount for the sway bar link. The through bolt was sheered and alowing the bracket to pivit on the second bolt, effectivley disconecting the sway bar. I inspected the front as well and found the same condition on the oposite side. It was hard to see what was happening with a qhick glance @ the parts.
I replaced all the bolts with f-911 spect bolts and went for a drive. I am happy to report she drived like new again, or better than new if you consider the track bars and new shocks ;D
wayne
Thought I would share in case it helped anyone.
My Four Winds Infinity on a Ford chassis has become a handfull to drive over the last little while. I did not notice a big change at any one time just that I had trouble with sway on roads where I had never had any trouble before.
The last trip we made was fully loaded with 2 off road race cars on my flatbed and a full load of race spares and such. On the way out I had no trouble and it drove like it always has. After the race I had almost no load, Race cars went to their new owners along with most of the spares and fuel in the trailer tank was used up in the race. With no load on the trailer water and fuel in the motorhome almost empty I was able to go a bit faster in places where I was slowed due to a load before. At the higher speed the Motorhome became a real handfull, I had to drive slow like I was loaded for it to be even safe enough to drive. I stopped and checked air in tires which are less then 6 months old and inspected everything I could, and found nothing wrong. I thought the shocks were bad and had a long slow drive home.
This weekend I replaced all 4 bilstien shocks and went for a drive NO CHANGE. This had me stumped so I got on my creeper and started inspecting things. Both trackbars were good and tight, sway bars were connecte............What is this? The rear sway bar was still connected but on closer inspection the bolt that connects the sway bar to the link was sheered. The link connects to the sway bar via a bent plate bracket that bolts to the sway bar and has a bolt going thru it, the link and the swaybar to provide a dual sheer mount for the sway bar link. The through bolt was sheered and alowing the bracket to pivit on the second bolt, effectivley disconecting the sway bar. I inspected the front as well and found the same condition on the oposite side. It was hard to see what was happening with a qhick glance @ the parts.
I replaced all the bolts with f-911 spect bolts and went for a drive. I am happy to report she drived like new again, or better than new if you consider the track bars and new shocks ;D
wayne