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It only gets the soft cover during the Winter, typically mid November through March, otherwise it sits in the driveway uncovered. It is now 7 seven years old, it seems that some Jaycos from that era suffer from failing clear coat, one of my very few complaints about this TT.
Seems pretty common, seen several that have done it. I would call it a manufacturing defect, but doesn't seem Jayco agrees. Mine is OK so far, but it has spent it's life inside when it's not out camping.
Seems pretty common, seen several that have done it. I would call it a manufacturing defect, but doesn't seem Jayco agrees. Mine is OK so far, but it has spent it's life inside when it's not out camping.
Bad paint was used in 2016-2018. My Surveyor's cap was repainted under warranty due to fading. I am constantly fighting fading on the fiberglass sides now.
I installed shock and a wet bolt kit on the TT this week. I'm beat...
Which shock kit did you use there? It looks good and we have been thinking about adding shocks to the TT.
Is the wet bolt kit from Mor-Ryde? We added the wet bolt bolt kit and heavy duty shackles a few years back and they have been great, the factory plastic bushings were really worn out when we replaced them with the new bronze ones from the wet bolt kit.
Which shock kit did you use there? It looks good and we have been thinking about adding shocks to the TT.
Is the wet bolt kit from Mor-Ryde? We added the wet bolt bolt kit and heavy duty shackles a few years back and they have been great, the factory plastic bushings were really worn out when we replaced them with the new bronze ones from the wet bolt kit.
Actually the wet bolt kit was from Dexter. I didn’t even know about the Morryde kit when I was shopping. I wanted the HD shackles and the Dexter was all I found that didn’t have the CRE3000 with it. I didn’t know Morryde did just the bolt kit. The Dexter one does look high quality and came with a new equalizer. I didn’t really need the equalizer replaced so could have saved some cash with the Morryde. Oh well, live and learn.
The shock kit is Roadmaster Comfort Ride. It used to Joy Rider until a few years ago. There are quite a few videos out there on this kit and it made more sense to me than some of the others. The quality of the parts was good, but the installation for this old man was quite the workout. I’m looking forward to my next trip in a few weeks to see how it works.
Thanks, I will be looking into that shock kit and watching some videos.
Our TT came with the CRE3000 equalizer from the factory, we found a Mor-Ryde wet bolt kit with the just the heavy duty shackles, wet bolts and bronze bushings, just want we needed. 2.5 years after adding the kit we bent an axle (5200lb) so when we replaced both axles with new 7000lb ones we had all of the wet bolts and bushings apart and they all looked great with very little wear. At that time they had about 10/11K miles on them, having that grease in there makes for a smoother quieter ride with a lot less wear.
Wow, here I come to ask a question and you guys are talking about it. My car hauler has 2 5K axles. I am getting ready to take it on a trip to NJ and back and while checking the suspension I found a shackle bushing to be worn for the spring to the equalizer link on both rear axles. When I lift the axle up there is a lot of play. How difficult are the bushings to replace? The factory messed up the threads with welds to lock the bolts in place so I will have to cut them off. I am also worried about getting parts. The place I bought it from 10 years ago does repairs, didn't know if that was the best route?
I don't know about a 10 year old car hauler, but most travel trailer axles are made by one of two manufacturers (Dexter and Lippert). I'm fairly certain that the spring eye size, hangers, and equalizers are fairly standard. The only critical dimensions you need to look for (unless you are replacing the equalizer too) are shackle strap distance between centers and width of your spring.
The wet bolt kit was the easiest part of my upgrade. Getting the plastic bushings out was easy with a wide punch. Many of the bronze bushings slipped in easily. A few I had to use my quick release style bar clamp to press them in. The hardest part to me was pounding out (and putting back in) the end bolts and middle equalizer bolts, as they are splined into one side of the spring hanger. For this reason alone I'd get a kit that has the shackle straps with wet bolts already pressed in. Its nice knowing this setup should last much longer than the plastic bushings. There are many videos out there on doing the wet bolt upgrade. That made it relatively easy for me to do this mod.
I don't know about a 10 year old car hauler, but most travel trailer axles are made by one of two manufacturers (Dexter and Lippert). I'm fairly certain that the spring eye size, hangers, and equalizers are fairly standard. The only critical dimensions you need to look for (unless you are replacing the equalizer too) are shackle strap distance between centers and width of your spring.
The wet bolt kit was the easiest part of my upgrade. Getting the plastic bushings out was easy with a wide punch. Many of the bronze bushings slipped in easily. A few I had to use my quick release style bar clamp to press them in. The hardest part to me was pounding out (and putting back in) the end bolts and middle equalizer bolts, as they are splined into one side of the spring hanger. For this reason alone I'd get a kit that has the shackle straps with wet bolts already pressed in. Its nice knowing this setup should last much longer than the plastic bushings. There are many videos out there on doing the wet bolt upgrade. That made it relatively easy for me to do this mod.
Thanks for the info. I read your posting of your upgrade knowing I will have to do it with my TT soon. As for the hauler, of course it is raining today and I can't do a thing with it. Good information though. I am still deciding what to do, too dark in the evenings to mess with it and I need it for the trip in 3 weeks.
The wife has gotten paranoid lately, the Ex has had 2 malfunctions on trips this year and the car hauler blew 3 tires last long trip it went on. I am using the campers wheels and tires on it for these trips as I don't feel like dropping $700 on tires for it for them just to sit. As for the Ex, I have replaced the faulty parts and am now carrying a toolbox for the Ex and 1 for the camper when we travel. She knows these bushings are bad so I better get them fixed.
I have the Mor-ryde wet bolt kit on my camper, nice stuff. For a utility trailer that won't see as many miles nor be loaded as heavy, I would stick to the basic replacement parts because they are cheap but effective. I've changed them on a couple flatbed trailers, they all look about like your picture. Something like this would work for a fraction of the cost of a good wet bolt kit and the trailer will be like new again for 10 more years. You'd have to measure yours to verify fit, they come in various lengths.
If you are keeping the hauler for several more years I'd go ahead with the heavy duty shackle and wet bolt kit. The shackles were twice as thick as my factory ones and the bolts were already spline set into one side of the shackle. The Mor-Ryde kit I used was not too expensive and very good quality. I can be a bit of a pain getting the various points aligned to slide the new bolts on, I used 2 floor jacks and a couple ratchet straps and a helper. Once on with a shot of grease in each zerk every so often you should be trouble free for many years.
If you are keeping the hauler for several more years I'd go ahead with the heavy duty shackle and wet bolt kit. The shackles were twice as thick as my factory ones and the bolts were already spline set into one side of the shackle. The Mor-Ryde kit I used was not too expensive and very good quality. I can be a bit of a pain getting the various points aligned to slide the new bolts on, I used 2 floor jacks and a couple ratchet straps and a helper. Once on with a shot of grease in each zerk every so often you should be trouble free for many years.
I am considering that too but IMO the camper gets the upgrades first, it is my Wife's Hilton on Wheels. Unfortunately the hauler does sit a lot, just a portable garage. I think that may be part of the problem, it sits with a car in it. We used it last fall on a trip to Ocean City, MD, that is when we blew the 3 tires. Used it once in May as a moving van for my son and now this trip to NJ. It will run again to NJ in the Spring to get the car and from there I will use my flat car trailer.
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