Post by mdconvert on Jun 20, 2016 6:41:01 GMT -5
While doing maintenance prior to the camping season I noticed signs that the wheels have hit the wheel wells of our year old Spree Escape 196S. On the driver side, when looking at the wheel it is scrapping at about 1-2 o'clock, and on the passenger side it is scrapping at about 10-11 o'clock. The wheels are not centered in the wheel well opening - the opening has more space in front of the tires than in the back.
A friend has a 2012 model 196S and he also has scrapping marks on his wheel wells. The space between the tires and wheel wells looks considerably more on his.
While looking at options to fix this I painted the inside of the wheel well to see if/when it would happen again. I checked after 20 miles and it had happened again; the trailer was lightly packed, there was no water in any of the tanks, and the roads - while not super smooth - were not that bad.
I find this unacceptable and would like to fix it but maybe I'm overreacting. My concern is that if I have more weight (tanks with fluid in them) or I'm traveling on worse roads it will do serious damage to the camper and I'll regret not getting this taken care of.
My questions to you all is this: 1) is this a common thing and nothing to worry about? 2) do other people see this on their campers? 3) if people took action, what worked?
The options that I can come up with are: 1) replace the tires with lower profile, 2) flip the axles (the shocks are currently mounted under the axles, raising the trailer up 3-5" (which I'm not fond of), 3) have a welding shop increase the length of the front shock hanger, have installed some added device that keeps the spring from traveling past the point where the tire hits the wheel well, or 4) increase the length of the rear shackle.
I'm open to all experiences, ideas and advice. Please let me know your thoughts.
Thanks.
A friend has a 2012 model 196S and he also has scrapping marks on his wheel wells. The space between the tires and wheel wells looks considerably more on his.
While looking at options to fix this I painted the inside of the wheel well to see if/when it would happen again. I checked after 20 miles and it had happened again; the trailer was lightly packed, there was no water in any of the tanks, and the roads - while not super smooth - were not that bad.
I find this unacceptable and would like to fix it but maybe I'm overreacting. My concern is that if I have more weight (tanks with fluid in them) or I'm traveling on worse roads it will do serious damage to the camper and I'll regret not getting this taken care of.
My questions to you all is this: 1) is this a common thing and nothing to worry about? 2) do other people see this on their campers? 3) if people took action, what worked?
The options that I can come up with are: 1) replace the tires with lower profile, 2) flip the axles (the shocks are currently mounted under the axles, raising the trailer up 3-5" (which I'm not fond of), 3) have a welding shop increase the length of the front shock hanger, have installed some added device that keeps the spring from traveling past the point where the tire hits the wheel well, or 4) increase the length of the rear shackle.
I'm open to all experiences, ideas and advice. Please let me know your thoughts.
Thanks.
