| [GMCnet] Tail wagging the dog [message #279027] |
Wed, 03 June 2015 19:02  |
bdub
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HI Bill
You really need to start a new thread with a new subject rather than
highjacking a totally unrelated one.
I expect you have rear bogie bushing problems. Are your rear tires wearing
unevenly?
Raise the rear end and check how much play you have in the bogies. With
the tires off the ground and the air out of the bags, see how much you can
move the tires in and out. I think you're allowed an eighth of an inch at
the furthest point from the pin.
bdub
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:18 PM, william ezzell wrote:
Hi Bob I've got a question I have a 1978 Kingsley and I'm having swaying
problems going down the road over 45 miles an hour do you have any
suggestions of what I might check
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| Re: [GMCnet] Tail wagging the dog [message #279047 is a reply to message #279027] |
Thu, 04 June 2015 10:43  |
Adrien G.
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bdub wrote on Wed, 03 June 2015 19:02HI Bill
You really need to start a new thread with a new subject rather than
highjacking a totally unrelated one.
I expect you have rear bogie bushing problems. Are your rear tires wearing
unevenly?
Raise the rear end and check how much play you have in the bogies. With
the tires off the ground and the air out of the bags, see how much you can
move the tires in and out. I think you're allowed an eighth of an inch at
the furthest point from the pin.
bdub
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:18 PM, william ezzell wrote:
Hi Bob I've got a question I have a 1978 Kingsley and I'm having swaying
problems going down the road over 45 miles an hour do you have any
suggestions of what I might check
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Would a TrueTrack set (for now) on the forward rear boggies greatly reduce his swagging?
The right way is to do a pin kit job, and the TT would help then also reducing the forces that knock the bushings out.
I wander how well the his boggie grease holes work?
Adrien & Jenny Genesoto
75 Glenbrook (26-3) Mods LS3.70 FD / Reaction Sys / 80mm Front&Intermidiate / Hydroboost / 16" Tires / Frame Rebuild / Interior Rebuild
Yuba City,Ca. Text 530-nine-3-three-3-nine-nine-6
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| Re: [GMCnet] Tail wagging the dog [message #279049 is a reply to message #279027] |
Thu, 04 June 2015 11:16 |
habbyguy
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I put on a set of the TrueTrack devices on my middle "axle", and am very, very happy with the results. It made the effects of truck ruts, or dropping the right tires off the edge of the road MUCH less of an issue. Installing them was a little fiddly, but it's still one of the best upgrades I have made to my coach. I don't know how the TrueTrack would work if there were other issues with the rear / middle bogies though...
Mark Hickey
Mesa, AZ
1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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| Re: [GMCnet] Tail wagging the dog [message #279050 is a reply to message #279047] |
Thu, 04 June 2015 11:22 |
C Boyd
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Sir, if bushings is your problem TT should help. Might need full set since rear could also effect sway. Other things can cause toad to sway. Bent wheel on bogie is exaggerated past the hitch. Alignment on toad, weight balance, tow bar alignment, etc.. Maybe hook your toad to another tow vehicle using your tow bar and see if it the toad or your coach. Most sway issues I have found to be in the load distribution or alignment. If toad or trailer is tail heavy it will sway.
Adrien G. wrote on Thu, 04 June 2015 11:43bdub wrote on Wed, 03 June 2015 19:02HI Bill
You really need to start a new thread with a new subject rather than
highjacking a totally unrelated one.
I expect you have rear bogie bushing problems. Are your rear tires wearing
unevenly?
Raise the rear end and check how much play you have in the bogies. With
the tires off the ground and the air out of the bags, see how much you can
move the tires in and out. I think you're allowed an eighth of an inch at
the furthest point from the pin.
bdub
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:18 PM, william ezzell wrote:
Hi Bob I've got a question I have a 1978 Kingsley and I'm having swaying
problems going down the road over 45 miles an hour do you have any
suggestions of what I might check
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Would a TrueTrack set (for now) on the forward rear boggies greatly reduce his swagging?
The right way is to do a pin kit job, and the TT would help then also reducing the forces that knock the bushings out.
I wander how well the his boggie grease holes work?
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] Tail wagging the dog [message #279099 is a reply to message #279050] |
Fri, 05 June 2015 00:30 |
sgltrac
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How does it drive without the road?
Sully
77 Royale
Seattle
On Thursday, June 4, 2015, Charles Boyd wrote:
> Sir, if bushings is your problem TT should help. Might need full set
> since rear could also effect sway. Other things can cause toad to sway.
> Bent
> wheel on bogie is exaggerated past the hitch. Alignment on toad, weight
> balance, tow bar alignment, etc.. Maybe hook your toad to another tow
> vehicle using your tow bar and see if it the toad or your coach. Most sway
> issues I have found to be in the load distribution or alignment. If toad
> or trailer is tail heavy it will sway.
>
>
>
> Adrien G. wrote on Thu, 04 June 2015 11:43
>> bdub wrote on Wed, 03 June 2015 19:02
>>> HI Bill
>>>
>>> You really need to start a new thread with a new subject rather than
>>> highjacking a totally unrelated one.
>>>
>>> I expect you have rear bogie bushing problems. Are your rear tires
> wearing
>>> unevenly?
>>>
>>> Raise the rear end and check how much play you have in the bogies.
> With
>>> the tires off the ground and the air out of the bags, see how much you
> can
>>> move the tires in and out. I think you're allowed an eighth of an
> inch at
>>> the furthest point from the pin.
>>>
>>> bdub
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:18 PM, william ezzell wrote:
>>> Hi Bob I've got a question I have a 1978 Kingsley and I'm having
> swaying
>>> problems going down the road over 45 miles an hour do you have any
>>> suggestions of what I might check
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Would a TrueTrack set (for now) on the forward rear boggies greatly
> reduce his swagging?
>> The right way is to do a pin kit job, and the TT would help then also
> reducing the forces that knock the bushings out.
>> I wander how well the his boggie grease holes work?
>
>
> --
> C. Boyd
> 76 Crestmont
> East Tennessee
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