In the process of installing this axle in my 1985 21’ Sunrader. I have a few questions. I ordered the old man emu CS010r leaf springs. The air lift 57113 air bag kit. And the prothane polyurethane bushing kit. I read on here about issues with the bushings for the leaf springs not being correct. The prothane kit isn’t made for the 1 ton. The front leaf spring mount and pin are different compared to the 1/2 ton rear axle. The kit comes with 8 sets of one size, 4 of the other, and sleeves for the leaf springs. I measured the pins and eyes in the spring. They are actually all the same size on the 1 ton. I reached out to them and ordered 4 more of the U-60269. They worked if anyone runs into this
I installed the axle with the air bags on. The instructions tell you to line the airbags up and the drill the 3 mounting holes. The top bracket is about 5” from the frame. I tried inflating one to see how much they raise up and at 90 psi they are still roughly 2” below the frame
I’ve read on here about these leaf springs and airbags being installed. Has anyone else came across this. I’m guessing the leaf springs will settle out a bit once I drive on them, but I can’t imagine 5”
The donor axle I installed came with a rear sway bar. My frame has no mounts on it for the links. I drove it home about 5 hours through a whiteout snowstorm and the wind was blowing me all over the road. Ive owned rv’s before so I get that they catch wind, but was thinking a sway bar would help. Does anyone have the sway bar on theirs. If so, does anyone have some pictures of where the link mounts are welded to the frame.
Thanks Mark