Thanks for this comprehensive tutorial. Well done... in a sea of vague videos. Good camera angles...easy to see what you are talking about. Thorough. That's helpful when a viewer is learning how to do something for the first time. Now I know i can do it myself. I just purchased a 97 bounder 2 months ago. A friend drove it home. I drove behind it and watched it sway like a boat on wheels. So here I am researching the chassis upgrades necessary to make it drive better. In a previous video of someone replacing a front airbag the comment... "if these chassis' were outfitted to carry a "motor home" they would have had larger capacity springs to begin with". So there it is. They were under specified. No wonder the person that I bought it from never drove it. So it's new shocks, new springs tailored to the front axle weight, rear stabilizer, Safety Plus Steering stabilizer, rear sumo springs. It already has upgraded sway bars that are 1 3/4" with poly bushings. I hope that does it. Jeeeeez What a learning curve! I think I watched over a thousand videos in the last 2 months. You should keep on keeping on. You might give Chris Fix a run for his money.
I really appreciated that you included the fact that you’re human and you make errors just like the rest of us normally do. You’re saving us the grief of doing it too. Thank you!
As an extra safety precaution, shove a pry bar into the coil spring from under the lower control arm. This way if it does go “boing” it stays within the control arm.
Glad to help. These chassis are getting older and need a good bit of maintenance. It would be cost prohibitive to have to pay someone to do it for you.
Thats very observant. Yes, the old springs were Super Steer. They sent me free replacements immediately with zero questions. According to the person I talked to, of the thousands of springs they have sold over the years, they have only seen maybe six break. My luck I guess.
I have a 99 Workhorse P32 Chassis with the Chevy 454 7.4...I'm gonna rebuild the complete front suspension..I want to buy new control arms with the ball joints..Do you or anyone know the part number for a replacement A arm?? These motorhomes are a pain in the ass to find parts..It's a Daymon Daybreak..they should have made a build sheet for the owners with all the part numbers of each part used..mine has Air bags inside the coil springs and no shocks
I don’t think anyone makes new A arms anymore. Unless they are damaged, you should be able to have the old ones rebuilt with new bearings and bushings. Contact super Steer. They are front end and suspension experts. Hope this helps
Check RockAuto, I got some clearance MOOG lower control arms but they have another set. Only catch, you will most likely have to swap the ball joints to the K6511 as mentioned in the video. Mine came with the smaller ball joints and they do not work. But the arms are solid 👌
Thanks for this comprehensive tutorial. Well done... in a sea of vague videos. Good camera angles...easy to see what you are talking about. Thorough. That's helpful when a viewer is learning how to do something for the first time. Now I know i can do it myself. I just purchased a 97 bounder 2 months ago. A friend drove it home. I drove behind it and watched it sway like a boat on wheels. So here I am researching the chassis upgrades necessary to make it drive better. In a previous video of someone replacing a front airbag the comment... "if these chassis' were outfitted to carry a "motor home" they would have had larger capacity springs to begin with". So there it is. They were under specified. No wonder the person that I bought it from never drove it. So it's new shocks, new springs tailored to the front axle weight, rear stabilizer, Safety Plus Steering stabilizer, rear sumo springs. It already has upgraded sway bars that are 1 3/4" with poly bushings. I hope that does it. Jeeeeez What a learning curve! I think I watched over a thousand videos in the last 2 months. You should keep on keeping on. You might give Chris Fix a run for his money.
I really appreciated that you included the fact that you’re human and you make errors just like the rest of us normally do. You’re saving us the grief of doing it too. Thank you!
Ha! You should see the outtakes. Thank you for the feedback.
Great job. Everything you are doing in this video is relevant to what I'm about to do my newly acquired 1985 Winnebago. Very well done presentation.
As an extra safety precaution, shove a pry bar into the coil spring from under the lower control arm. This way if it does go “boing” it stays within the control arm.
Thank you for taking the time to make videos on the rv. I just got a 01 workhorse P rv and need to do all these things to it.
Glad to help. These chassis are getting older and need a good bit of maintenance. It would be cost prohibitive to have to pay someone to do it for you.
Nice job! Always appreciate safety tips.
Thank you. I’m working on some videos on bell cranks , sumo springs and rear track bar.
What year, make and model?
What's the part no. For the upgrade
Verey good informative video, can i ask why you wanted to replace the front springs?
My right front spring broke in two. Its not a common problem. Freak deal actually.
It looks like you already had Supersteer blue coil springs. Did they warranty their part?
Thats very observant. Yes, the old springs were Super Steer. They sent me free replacements immediately with zero questions. According to the person I talked to, of the thousands of springs they have sold over the years, they have only seen maybe six break. My luck I guess.
I have a 99 Workhorse P32 Chassis with the Chevy 454 7.4...I'm gonna rebuild the complete front suspension..I want to buy new control arms with the ball joints..Do you or anyone know the part number for a replacement A arm?? These motorhomes are a pain in the ass to find parts..It's a Daymon Daybreak..they should have made a build sheet for the owners with all the part numbers of each part used..mine has Air bags inside the coil springs and no shocks
I don’t think anyone makes new A arms anymore. Unless they are damaged, you should be able to have the old ones rebuilt with new bearings and bushings. Contact super Steer. They are front end and suspension experts. Hope this helps
Check RockAuto, I got some clearance MOOG lower control arms but they have another set. Only catch, you will most likely have to swap the ball joints to the K6511 as mentioned in the video. Mine came with the smaller ball joints and they do not work. But the arms are solid 👌