Shock Absorber Breaking Warning

November 18, 2004, 08:32:22 am

I have a 2004 Allure #31028. Using the raise feature on the HWH leveling system may cause a shock to break on the rear duals or tag axel. Here's what happened to me. I was in an RV park that had been converted from a trailer park to an RV park. There were 6-8" curbs which had to be driven over to get into each site. I had backed into the site with out raising the coach. When pulling out of the site, I decided to raise the coach to preclude bumping the back end of the coach on the curb. As I dropped off the curb we herd a loud "pop" in the rear of the coach. This was the sound of the Koni shock on the drivers side duals breaking. What had happened as near as we could tell, was, the shock was extended to it's maximum length when the coach was raised. As we droped of the curb we also had to turn sharply to stay on the park road. As we did, one rear wheel dropped off the curb befor the other exerting a twisting force on the under carriage and snaping the shock piston into. This must be a known problem, as CC sent me a new shock free of charge. Just passing this along as a word of caution. Safe Travel

Shock absorber

Reply #1 – November 19, 2004, 09:44:03 am

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My two cents worth is that shock absorbers on our air-bag sytem do, in fact, absorbe the shock in addition to reduce oscillation, etc.
I had a bottoming problem at around 35 to 40 thousand miles. You know, the good old banging of front end parts on severe bumps, particurlary at higher speeds.

After installation of new front shocks, it was eliminated. I frankly don't feel any difference in the ride, just the benefit of no longer bottoming out. I didn't change the rear shocks.
In the traditional car suspension, sway, bounce and bottoming seem to show up when the shocks wear out, along with excessive tire wear from the increased range of camber as the car bounces.

Larry
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