| Jacking the rear how??? [message #130988] |
Sun, 19 June 2011 22:38  |
Rickmo
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I need to jack the rear to re attach one of the shock absorbers.
2 questions-- How do I keep the bogies from dropping and keeping the rear wheel from leaving the ground?
The rear shock stud is gone. Anyone know the part # or a bolt size and thread?
Sitting in another WalMart awaiting your responses 
Rick Seebeck
Gladwin Michigan
1973 Canyon Lands
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| Re: Jacking the rear how??? [message #131018 is a reply to message #130988] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 01:39  |
Ken Burton
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Jack up the coach a little bit and stick a jack stand or a block under the bogie frame. Remove the jack and let ALL of the air out of the bag. I usually disconnect the hose.
Stick the jack under the one bogie arm you want to work on and raise the tire 1 inch or less off of the ground. Remove the tire and go to work. With the tire gone there is very little weight on the jack. After removing the tire, raise jack up and down to whatever position you need to do the work.
Ken Burton - N9KB
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Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: Jacking the rear how??? [message #131094 is a reply to message #131018] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 13:16 |
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mike miller
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| Ken Burton wrote on Sun, 19 June 2011 23:39 |
Jack up the coach a little bit and stick a jack stand or a block under the bogie frame. Remove the jack and let ALL of the air out of the bag. I usually disconnect the hose.
Stick the jack under the one bogie arm you want to work on and raise the tire 1 inch or less off of the ground. Remove the tire ...
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That is basicly how I change the rear tires. I normally do not bother with the first bit of jacking and just raise the coach (with the air system) enough to get a block under the boogie frame. For steel wheels I use the OEM jack and chain hooked to one of the lug nuts to lift the tire from the ground then block the boogie with the bar others use when jacking.
As I normally store the coaches with the rear on blocks and no air in the bags... it is easy to "steal" tires from one for an other!
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
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| Re: Jacking the rear how??? [message #131172 is a reply to message #131094] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 21:32 |
Rickmo
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Got her done. Shock re-attached using a grade 8 bolt size 9/16 by four inches long.
Used a 3/4 board split it with my tire iron wedged the bogies and let the air out of the bag.
Presto magnifico- back on the road.
Rick Seebeck
Gladwin Michigan
1973 Canyon Lands
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