Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
RV Trip Planning Discussions

Go Back   iRV2 Forums > THE OWNER'S CORNER FORUMS > Excel Owner's Forum
Click Here to Login
Join iRV2 Today

Mission Statement: Supporting thoughtful exchange of knowledge, values and experience among RV enthusiasts.
Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on iRV2
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 08-07-2007, 10:44 AM   #1
Senior Member
 
Highgturn's Avatar
 
Excel Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bangs, TX
Posts: 403
Our 35MKO has three (3) adjustment positions for the suspension. It came from the factory in the center holes. I think I need to raise the trailer to the highest position to get rid of a slight nose high attitude. I could get rid of the nose high condition at the pin box, but would loose my current six (6)inch clearance between the underside of the trailer and the bed rails. Has anyone changed the suspension between holes and if so, how much of a job is it?
__________________
Bob and Sharon Steele

Bangs, Texas
Highgturn is offline   Reply With Quote
Join the #1 RV Forum Today - It's Totally Free!

iRV2.com RV Community - Are you about to start a new improvement on your RV or need some help with some maintenance? Do you need advice on what products to buy? Or maybe you can give others some advice? No matter where you fit in you'll find that iRV2 is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with other RV owners, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create an RV blog, send private messages and so much, much more!

Old 08-07-2007, 10:44 AM   #2
Senior Member
 
Highgturn's Avatar
 
Excel Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bangs, TX
Posts: 403
Our 35MKO has three (3) adjustment positions for the suspension. It came from the factory in the center holes. I think I need to raise the trailer to the highest position to get rid of a slight nose high attitude. I could get rid of the nose high condition at the pin box, but would loose my current six (6)inch clearance between the underside of the trailer and the bed rails. Has anyone changed the suspension between holes and if so, how much of a job is it?
__________________
Bob and Sharon Steele

Bangs, Texas
Highgturn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-07-2007, 12:45 PM   #3
Senior Member
 
rockintom's Avatar
 
Excel Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Fulltime TX Escapee
Posts: 8,901
Bob,
Had the exact same issue on bed to trailer clearance. When I had the disk brakes installed in June at Mor/Ryde I asked the tech if he could raise the trailer (to the top hole). It apparently wasn't much of a job since the trailer was already up on stands. I did not actually watch the process. He included it in the price of the job. However, it change the overall heighth maybe an inch. Better then it was but not worth much money to change. My unit is still "just a little" nose high and under trying situations I still have made bed to trailer contact. Not worth any additional work in my opinion. Just FYI.
__________________
2012 Excel L33ft. GKE named Charm as in 3 times is a Charm. Love Fulltiming. Bullet '14 Chevy D/A 3500 LB CC DRW Summit White - Ebony Interior. Check out our blog at: https://claphamstravels.blogspot.com
rockintom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2007, 09:20 AM   #4
Senior Member
 
Larry Barnhart's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Washington
Posts: 255
Rockingtom is my friend so I will tell about our alpenlite. We have the first alpenlite that used the adjustable shackles. We had a change to the middle hole at our HR dealer in our town. 1.50 hours and this changed the height 1&3/4 ". We did not changed the holes in the middle. Larry Barnhart
Larry Barnhart is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2007, 11:02 AM   #5
Senior Member
 
rockintom's Avatar
 
Excel Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Fulltime TX Escapee
Posts: 8,901
Shhhhhhh Larry, these folks don't think I got no friends! You just let the cat out of the bag!

Thanks for the comments. I don't think we got quite that much height out of ours. Maybe....it did help a little.
__________________
2012 Excel L33ft. GKE named Charm as in 3 times is a Charm. Love Fulltiming. Bullet '14 Chevy D/A 3500 LB CC DRW Summit White - Ebony Interior. Check out our blog at: https://claphamstravels.blogspot.com
rockintom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2007, 11:07 AM   #6
Senior Member
 
MakinSmoke's Avatar
 
Excel Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Big Pine Key, FL
Posts: 1,424
Wow Larry, the things you say in public...."Rockingtom is my friend".
__________________
Member # 47, "squirt", Smart Cabriolet The Newest Family Addition
The Wagon, Excel L36CLO, Overkill, Volvo 610, Venture Out, Cudjoe Key, FL
MakinSmoke is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
suspension Melorene Alpine Coach Owner's Forum 4 11-16-2008 06:02 AM
MorRyde Suspension delaware95 Class C Motorhome Discussions 3 05-25-2007 03:13 PM
New suspension? lwmuddy Workhorse and Chevrolet Chassis Motorhome Forum 7 08-26-2006 08:26 AM
suspension dfogle Winnebago Industries Owner's Forum 3 05-14-2006 06:26 AM
W/H 24 suspension upgrades Soapy Workhorse and Chevrolet Chassis Motorhome Forum 4 07-05-2005 09:21 AM

» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:43 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.