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Earl Smith

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Good morning,

First post here… My wife (Torrey Sweetser) & I picked up our 560 in March. In the glow of the moment, I didn’t notice initially that the driver’s side of the trailer was about 3/4” lower than the other. Torrey noticed it on our first of second weekend out.

It does not change whether the freshwater tank is full or empty, really… and does not seem to increase when we have items in the roof box, when it is mounted on the trailer. Would changing the ride height be as simple as sliding the swingarm off the spline and reinstalling one “spline” down? Am I worrying needlessly? It just looks close. First “wheel pic” is driver’s side, second is passenger side. I think the difference is visible in the photos, but it’s quite noticeable when seen in life. It’s really how close the fender looks to the tire that sticks in my mind when we’re under way…

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I have done just as you suggested to adjust the ride height on our 560. Pull off the wheel, loosen the torsion bar pinch bolt, pull off the arm (careful, it's heavy and awkward) and put it back rotated one spline. Be sure to torque the pinch bolt well and check after driving a bit to be sure the bolt is torqued well. I couldn't find a torque spec for the bolt, but it is pretty beefy and should be pretty tight.
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rotus8 said:
I have done just as you suggested to adjust the ride height on our 560. Pull off the wheel, loosen the torsion bar pinch bolt, pull off the arm (careful, it's heavy and awkward) and put it back rotated one spline. Be sure to torque the pinch bolt well and check after driving a bit to be sure the bolt is torqued well. I couldn't find a torque spec for the bolt, but it is pretty beefy and should be pretty tight.
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Awesome! Thank you! I’ll try first thing in the morning (when it’s not 94° out there). It looked like one spline should do it.
 
Earl,

The axle settles about 1" over the first few thousand miles. Sounds like one side settled sooner than the other. I generally would not recommend making adjustments this soon, give it time to settle in fully. We set the axle 1" above nominal at the factory anticipating this settling. I would not make adjustments unless it settles more than 1".

Rotus8 is exactly correct on how to make the adjustments. One spline is about 3/8" of adjustment so if it is 3/4" low that would be two splines. The torque spec on the bolt is very important, it is 100 ftlb. It is a good idea any time the wheels are off to check the torque on that pinch bolt.

Cary
 
Cary Winch said:
Earl,

The axle settles about 1" over the first few thousand miles. Sounds like one side settled sooner than the other. I generally would not recommend making adjustments this soon, give it time to settle in fully. We set the axle 1" above nominal at the factory anticipating this settling. I would not make adjustments unless it settles more than 1".

Rotus8 is exactly correct on how to make the adjustments. One spline is about 3/8" of adjustment so if it is 3/4" low that would be two splines. The torque spec on the bolt is very important, it is 100 ftlb. It is a good idea any time the wheels are off to check the torque on that pinch bolt.

Cary
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Did this get covered in the delivery? I noticed mine was a little off. I noticed it isn't quite level when riding. Just to be clear, this is normally accounted for with your preload, the only thing being done is leveling the ride not trying to raise it any higher.

I'll be doing that Sunday :)
 
Sweeney said:
Did this get covered in the delivery? I noticed mine was a little off. I noticed it isn't quite level when riding. Just to be clear, this is normally accounted for with your preload, the only thing being done is leveling the ride not trying to raise it any higher.

I'll be doing that Sunday :)
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No, we have not been explaining this in the orientation. Normally the axle settles in fairly even so it is something not normally noted by the customer. But occasionally one will settle on one side faster than the other then draws attention like this. Perhaps we should make it part of orientation but we added a couple of weeks ago an additional process where we load test the axles before installing them and we found an added benefit that axles gets pre-settled doing this so going forward we probably won't see this so much anymore.

Cary
 
Cary Winch said:
No, we have not been explaining this in the orientation. Normally the axle settles in fairly even so it is something not normally noted by the customer. But occasionally one will settle on one side faster than the other then draws attention like this. Perhaps we should make it part of orientation but we added a couple of weeks ago an additional process where we load test the axles before installing them and we found an added benefit that axles gets pre-settled doing this so going forward we probably won't see this so much anymore.

Cary
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At least I know I'm not forgetting things --- this is something I would have though would stick out to me. If its been mitigated, I'm not sure I would do more than mention it. Frankly when I saw it after my 'grand failure' when my axles then springs failed in a single summer. I saw the CI listing to port as well, and had a flashback.

This looks like an easy job though, and maybe a good excuse to pack the bearings while I'm at it, though they only have 3000 miles on them. Now, as long as I don't drop the knuckle, rip out the brake wires, and smash a toe :D
 
Cary Winch said:
That is one of the great things with the axle we use. It is adjustable for height so at any time the owner can bump it up or down a bit to suit their desired ride height.

Cary
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That begs the question, how much 'up' is left in the axle? Another inch might be nice, I am finding leaning over the galley hurts more these days :)
 
Sweeney said:
That begs the question, how much 'up' is left in the axle? Another inch might be nice, I am finding leaning over the galley hurts more these days :)
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If you have the SUV off road the height you are as high as it can go. Once the camper settles down then it would be possible to adjust it back up an 1" to the setting it left the factory at. If you have the street height you can usually sneak it up an 1" at any time.

Cary
 
Cary Winch said:
Earl,

The axle settles about 1" over the first few thousand miles. Sounds like one side settled sooner than the other. I generally would not recommend making adjustments this soon, give it time to settle in fully. We set the axle 1" above nominal at the factory anticipating this settling. I would not make adjustments unless it settles more than 1".

Rotus8 is exactly correct on how to make the adjustments. One spline is about 3/8" of adjustment so if it is 3/4" low that would be two splines. The torque spec on the bolt is very important, it is 100 ftlb. It is a good idea any time the wheels are off to check the torque on that pinch bolt.

Cary
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Thank you Cary! I just now got around to checking in here again, I haven’t made any changes to the ride height… though I confess I did try. I loosened the pinch bolt, but could only budge the swingarm about 2mm on the spline. I wondered if I would be able to reinstall it, (if I were actually able to slide it off) and tapped it back & resecured. If ride height changes significantly, we’ll cross that bridge then.
 
Cary Winch said:
If you have the SUV off road the height you are as high as it can go. Once the camper settles down then it would be possible to adjust it back up an 1" to the setting it left the factory at. If you have the street height you can usually sneak it up an 1" at any time.

Cary
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Where is the measurement point, and what is the SUV height measurement?
 
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