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Old 11-13-2018, 08:09 PM   #15
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Might be a good idea to use blue Loc-Tite on the set screw to keep it from happening again.
My thought as well, but I’d use red.
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I just installed the Roadmaster RSSA on our 2013 Phaeton w/Freightliner chassis. It appears the design has changed and it no longer uses set screws, instead a single bolt & nut that clamps the collar to the shock body. Unfortunately the revised instructions are not clear at all. Mounting it is not a difficult process, hardest part is breaking the nuts and bolts loose for the bracket that mounts to the chassis. When I got the stabilizer mounted I noted the spring was not tight to the collar, see first pix. I loosened the collar bolt(blue arrow 2nd pix) and was able to rotate the aluminium collar and it now seems to be installed correctly. I will be contacting Roadmaster to offer my comments so they can consider editing the instructions. Just wanted to save someone from wasting time. Also installed new Koni shocks on the front. Can't wait to get out and go for a test ride.
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I just installed the Roadmaster RSSA on our 2013 Phaeton w/Freightliner chassis. It appears the design has changed and it no longer uses set screws, instead a single bolt & nut that clamps the collar to the shock body. Unfortunately the revised instructions are not clear at all. Mounting it is not a difficult process, hardest part is breaking the nuts and bolts loose for the bracket that mounts to the chassis. When I got the stabilizer mounted I noted the spring was not tight to the collar, see first pix. I loosened the collar bolt(blue arrow 2nd pix) and was able to rotate the aluminium collar and it now seems to be installed correctly. I will be contacting Roadmaster to offer my comments so they can consider editing the instructions. Just wanted to save someone from wasting time. Also installed new Koni shocks on the front. Can't wait to get out and go for a test ride.
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Looks like Roadmaster has made an effort to improve the attachment method. Looks more secure and not hidden under label. Thanks for the update.
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My MH is on a 2016 Ford F53 chassis and I had a Roadmaster RSSA steering stabilizer installed shortly after purchasing the rig in Oct 2016. I have put about 5K miles on the coach with it installed without any problems.

When leaving our camping site on Wednesday, I backed out in order to connect the toad and heard a loud bang. I looked under the coach but did not see anything wrong. After connecting the toad, we were leaving the rv park and had a hard pull to the left and no ability to turn to the right. I crawled under the coach and disconnected the bracket for the steering stabilizer from the tie rod. I thought that the bracket had somehow slipped on the tie rod due to too much pressure while backing and turning hard left out of the space.

We made it home without incident and I called Roadmaster technical support the next morning to see if they had heard of any reports like this. The young lady told me it is possible, but a one in a billion chance.

Today when trying to reconnect it, I noticed that the spring had come out of its base. The spring is supposed to be threaded into the silver collar and the collar could spin freely on its shaft.
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I called Roadmaster technical support again and explained the situation the a young man. He told me the the spring could be threaded back on the collar, but the collar should be fixed to the shaft. He told me there is a set screw hidden under a label that fastens it to the shaft. The set screw (5/32" hex head) apparently had not been tightened at the factory as I got 2 complete turns on it before any contact. The pressure of the spring moving in/out over time must have caused it to 'unthread' itself.
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I reconnected and tightened everything and will give it another test when we leave for the next trip on Monday. If this had happened when coming out of a gas station or something instead of in the rv park, it could have been a lot more fun without the ability to turn right past center.

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Be gentle... it's my first time posting. One in a billion, huh? I've had an issue where the rings slip along the tie rod and pulls hard to whatever direction. Thanks for the heads up about the set screw... I'm headed out the check mine!

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