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Old 07-26-2017, 09:47 PM   #29
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My 32 gasser drove very well. Of course it got moved around a bit but not unmanageably. We have since gotten a 40 ft diesel and the ride is worlds apart. Air ride plus weight of coach are all the difference. Enjoy your coach and deal with the ride until you are ready and able to move to a diesel pusher. My partner says it's lke riding in an electric car it is so quiet. Motor being 40 ft behind.
And to the squeaks yes they all have them you jus have to find them and fix them
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Old 07-27-2017, 04:57 AM   #31
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The Excursion had awful dash squeaks. Seemed to be a very common flaw with that model. Lots of people on this forum complained about it. Don't know if Fleetwoods ever fixed it with the rebranded Pace Arrow (basically the same DP, just the PA name). Discovery has a few noises, but nothing like the level of the Excursion.


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Land mines... LOL. That's a great way to describe what my coach feels like.

Also, do the diesels have all the squeaks in the dash when going over bumps and washboards?
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Old 07-27-2017, 05:06 AM   #32
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It totally depends on the coach. Many Monaco's get pushed all over the place and mine was a white knuckle experience until I made some major changes.

I have had several C's and one 30 ft A. Sway bars can help a lot and decent shocks. Factory ones are often shot with very low mileage. Your steering components need to be in good shape of course.
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Old 07-27-2017, 06:15 AM   #33
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Not a push, wiggle or twist at all. The weight, air ride, larger tires and such things make driving a big coach very pleasurable. Sit back, set the cruise and ride. The torque of the diesel engine also mostly means no downshifting and screaming! Plus it's in the rear and you can't really hear it anyway.
A tag axle also helps.
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Old 07-27-2017, 06:19 AM   #34
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It totally depends on the coach. Many Monaco's get pushed all over the place and mine was a white knuckle experience until I made some major changes.

I have had several C's and one 30 ft A. Sway bars can help a lot and decent shocks. Factory ones are often shot with very low mileage. Your steering components need to be in good shape of course.
Monaco made a 4 bag chassis that came on the La Palma I believe that handled like crap.
That was a last ditch effort in the last years of the company.
Those were a handful from what i hear.
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Old 07-27-2017, 06:24 AM   #35
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It totally depends on the coach.
I expect this is the 'best' answer.
Though I don't doubt that DPs in general are less easily pushed than gassers, simply due to their weight, I wouldn't expect ALL DPs to be a push-free driving experience.

On the other hand my old gasser is one handed relaxed drive going down the interstate. I get a slight nudge from passing trucks, not a push. Yes I have to counter steer a little, but I don't even really think about it, it's certainly not white knuckled - or even two hands required.

Now a hefty cross wind, that's a different story - that'll get me off the interstate on to back roads in a hurry.
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Ahhhhhhh its the law of physics they all get pushed just the DP's to a lesser degree due to weight, more stable platform and better suspension.
The wheelbase is usually considerably longer on a DP compared to a gas coach. That helps a lot.
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Our 37 ft gasser never gets pushed around other than strong cross winds which have been rare.
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Nope! Using Safe-T-Steer & anti-sway bar in the rear axel plus plus 22" wheels! Not bothered by trucks going by! Did with 19" wheels, but moved to bigger RV & wheels
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Well. Not the answer I was hoping for. Lol. So I should stop throwing money at this one and save up for a diesel.

I was thinking about throwing a front track bar on in hopes it would help.
For a simple, cheap way of determining if there is a problem with your present coach, get the toe-in checked. There should be a slight toe-in on the front wheels, otherwise your coach will wander all over the road and be very sensitive to passing vehicles.
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For a simple, cheap way of determining if there is a problem with your present coach, get the toe-in checked. There should be a slight toe-in on the front wheels, otherwise your coach will wander all over the road and be very sensitive to passing vehicles.
X2. Most people seem to forget about getting an alignment done.
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For a simple, cheap way of determining if there is a problem with your present coach, get the toe-in checked. There should be a slight toe-in on the front wheels, otherwise your coach will wander all over the road and be very sensitive to passing vehicles.


Spent some time today talking to Alan at ultrarv about improving my drive. Great people over there. Anyway, long story short he said one of the better simple fixes is to adjust the camber to 6 1/2 degrees. I still went ahead and ordered a set of Koni shocks along with a front trac bar (even though he said to try the alignment adjustment first). Figured might as well do the front trac bar while their under there.

This will put me with front and rear trac bars, safe-t-plus stabilizer, koni shocks and I believe the previous owner installed sumosuper springs. If this doesn't do the trick I'm out of options.

I'll report back in a couple weeks when it all comes in and I get them installed.
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We have a 96 Fleetwood Bounder 36 ft in a Ford F53 with a tag axle .
Even though it's in really nice shape for its age I often times wish we had s newer one , mostly for more power .
However , one thing I do love about this one is how well it drives , I'm sure that tag axle plays a big part in it , I really don't get pushed around .
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