Grand Design Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension Installation And Review Videos
Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2020 Grand Design Momentum, and we're gonna be taking a look at and I'm gonna show you how to install the Roadmaster Comfort Ride Slipper Spring System. This system is going to be designed to replace your leaf springs and have additional shock absorbers that you'll add on in order to give you a more comfortable ride when you're going down the road. From the factory, a lot of these rigs, especially the bigger ones, the leaf springs that come on them are not enough to give you a comfortable ride. A lot of times, the manufacturers of these RVs will just take the same leaf springs and put 'em on their entire fleet just because they're good enough for the axles that they're attached to, but they're not good enough for the weight of the camper itself. This system is gonna replace your entire suspension system. more
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3/7/2024 10:41:54 AM
Hi, John with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at Roadmaster's Comfort Ride Leaf Spring Kit that we installed on our 2019 Grand Design Reflection. Today, we got a real treat. I've got Don with me here, and they've got their beautiful 2019 Grand Design Reflection travel trailer. And Don, welcome to etrailer. Thanks for choosing us. more
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10/24/2023 1:07:58 PM
MORryde Rubber Equalizers Installation - 2021 Grand Design Transcend Xplor Travel Trailer- Video
Hi, John with etrailer. Look, people are always looking for ways to improve their ride when they're going down the road. This is an option here that will work well for you. This is MORryde's Rubber Equalizer. Now this is for 8,000 pound axles and this is for 33 inch wheel bases. We're gonna install this today and see how it fits on our 2021 Grand Design Transcend Explorer. more
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8/14/2023 1:25:17 PM
Hi there, Grand Design owners. Today, on your 2022 Grand Design, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to replace your standard equalizer and suspension bolts with wet bolts from Lippert. To assist us with this, we're gonna be using bronze bushings from Dexter, and we're also gonna be upgrading our equalizer to a Lippert's Road Armor. This upgraded wet bolt kit from Lippert is designed specifically to work with the Road Armor equalizer. It has slightly longer shackles than what you would typically find in this weight range, and that is to compensate for the difference in the Road Armor dimensions. We can see our factory equalizer here. more
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10/3/2022 1:52:54 PM
Hi there, Grand Design owners. Today on your 2022 Grand Design Imagine trailer, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to replace your factory equalizers with Road Armor equalizers from Lippert. To assist us with this installation, we're also gonna be using Lippert's wet bolt kit as well as some bronze bushings from Dexter. And this is what our Road Armor looks like when it's installed. We can see it is a replacement equalizer that's going to get rid of your old one, and our new Road Armor here has rubber dampeners inside to absorb a lot of the impacts. Also, your road armor will come equipped with bronze bushings so that way you can have a wet bolt set up to extend the life of your components. more
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9/30/2022 11:23:02 AM
Dexter Bronze Bushings Installation - 2022 Grand Design Imagine Travel Trailer- Video
Hi there, Grand Design owners. Today in your 2022 Grand Design Imagine trailer. We're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install bronze bushings from Dexter. Bronze bushings from Dexter here are gonna be a great accessory for upgrading your trailer from its factory suspension system. Here we've got our factory equalizer. And you can see in the equalizer, it has plastic never fail bushings. more
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9/30/2022 11:21:43 AM
Hi there Grand Design owners. Today in your 2021 Grand Design Reflection, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install Roadmaster's Comfort Ride Slipper Springs System with Shock Absorbers. And this is what our slipper spring assembly looks like when it's installed. This is gonna be the ultimate suspension system for your trailer here. The way that it operates is gonna be completely different than a typical trailer with an equalizer setup. With an equalizer setup, whenever your front axle there, if you're moving along, you hit a pothole or a bump, once that hits whatever those forces are, they're gonna transfer into this axle. more
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7/11/2022 6:49:42 AM
Dexter E-Z Flex Suspension Kit Installation - 2021 Grand Design Imagine Travel Trailer- Video
Hi there, Imagine owners. Today, on your 2021 Grand Design Imagine XLS, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to replace your equalizers with Dexter's E-Z Flex. And this is what our equalizers look like when they're installed. We can see that it replaces our old one here. We also get heavy-duty upgraded shackles with it. And these are wet bolts in them, so we can grease those to ensure that they stay lubricated and operating for a long time. more
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3/28/2022 12:14:48 PM
Roadmaster Comfort Ride Suspension Installation - 2015 Grand Design Momentum 5W Toy Hauler- Video
Hi there, Grand Design owners. Today, on your 2015 Grand Design Momentum, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install Roadmaster's Comfort Ride Slipper Spring system for triple axles. And this is what our slipper spring boxes look like when they're installed. We've got the full triple axle kit installed. The back section here is set up very similar to like a tandem axle. And then this is the extra portion here that allows it to work with your third axle. more
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9/20/2021 9:52:15 AM
Roadmaster Comfort Ride Suspension Installation - 2020 Grand Design Momentum 5W Toy Hauler- Video
Hi, there, fifth wheel owners. Today on your 2020 Grand Design Momentum, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install Roadmaster's Comfort Ride suspension system for triple axles. And this is what our comfort ride system looks like when it's installed. This is gonna be the ultimate in trailer suspension, because each of our axles are gonna be completely independent from one another because of our slipper spring boxes. Additionally, on top of that, each axle has its own shock absorber. So all the vibrations that you hit going down the road are gonna be absorbed significantly and are dampeners here, so it's not gonna transfer inside of our trailer. more
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8/30/2021 11:14:38 AM
MORryde Round Trailer Axle U-Bolts Installation - 5th Wheels- Video
Hi there, trailer owners. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install MORryde's U-bolt kit for a 7,000 pound axle. So now, we're gonna be replacing our U-bolts because these ones are too short for the suspension upgrades that we're gonna be putting on here. So, we've got our new U-bolts here. We can see these side by side. I'll go ahead and take the nut off of it, so you can see how this U-bolt is longer than the factory one. more
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8/24/2021 11:56:47 AM
ABS Double Eye Springs Step Bolt Installation - 5th Wheel- Video
Hi there, trailer owners. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at a replacement step bolt, in a 9/16" diameter for a 1 3/4-inch spring eye hanger. These are also known as shackle bolts. So, here we've got our old spring, and our new spring. And if we look at our old spring, you'll see, it's got a bunch of grease around the edges here. And if we look at the bushings inside of our old spring, we can see that the bushing is all worn out. more
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8/23/2021 8:50:15 AM
Hi there Grand Design owners, today in your 2021 Grand Design Imagine, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Lippert Components Road Armor Equalizer kit. To help us with that, we're also going to be using a Wet Bolt Kit from Dexter. And this is what our new equalizer looks like when it's installed. The Road Armor Equalizer is an upgrade over your factory equalizer and it's going to provide a lot of dampening that the factory one just doesn't have the capabilities to do. Here you can see our factory one, and it's just a solid piece of metal, with some bushings inside of it. The bushings inside of here are going to be a plastic self-lubricating bushings, so they're supposed to be maintenance free but you can see here, the bushings are already starting to wear out. more
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4/12/2021 11:10:54 AM
Hi, they Grand Design owners. Today your 2021 Grand Design Imagine. We're gonna be showing you how to upgrade the suspension hardware to lubricate double wet bolts. We're using Dexter's single axle kit and if you use this kit on a tandem axle trailer like this you can purchase two of this kit 'cause we'll get just about everything you need as one kit's just about every bolt for one side. If you are doing it like this though, you will need one additional wet bolt to perform everything on this side, which you can purchase here at etrailer as well. And this is what our wet bolt kit looks like when it's installed. more
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4/12/2021 11:08:20 AM
Shane: Hey guys. Shane here with etrailer.com. Today I have a 2020 Grand Design Imagine Travel Trailer and I'm going to be installing Roadmaster's Comfort Ride shock absorbers. These are going to work up to 7000 pound axles that are three inch in diameter.This kit is going to be designed for tandem axle trailers. It's going to come with all the hardware necessary to get them installed. Let's say we're wanting to upgrade our suspension on our trailer because of how rough it rides. more
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4/14/2020 8:52:28 AM
Shane: Hey, guys. Shane with etrailer.com. Today I have a 2020 Grand Design Imagine Travel Trailer, and I want to walk through how to install Lippert Components' Road Armor Shock Absorbing Equalizer Kit.They're going to be designed for dual or double axle trailers, tandem axle trailers, anywhere from 3,500 pounds up to 8,000 pound axles. It's going to come with two of them, one for each side, and all the hardware to get them installed, including the bolts for your spring ends.Now let's talk about what this upgrade is going to do compared to the old one. If you notice our old one here, it's all cast. Everything is metal, so what happens is these will create a lot of chucking in your trailer. more
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4/13/2020 8:37:07 AM
Roadmaster Comfort Ride Suspension Installation - 2017 Grand Design Reflection Travel Trailer- Video
Hi, there, trailer owners. Today in your 2017 Grand Design Reflection, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Roadmaster's comfort ride leaf spring system with shock absorbers. And this is what our system is going to look like when it's installed. We're going to be taking a look at some of the components underneath to give you a better idea of how it works. But the big thing here is you can see that we no longer have an equalizer here in the middle, as our slipper spring box takes its place. The big benefit of this is that with your equalizers, whenever you hit a bump or a pothole or anything with one axle, as it moves up or down, it will send some of those forces to the other axle causing it to move. more
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3/26/2020 4:22:10 PM
Dexter E-Z Flex Suspension Kit Installation - 2017 Grand Design Reflection Travel Trailer- Video
Hi there, trailer owners. Today In Your 2017 Grand Design Reflection, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Dexter's E-Z Flex equalizers. And this is what our equalizers look like when they're installed. Compared to your factory equalizers, these have a dampener here in the middle. So whenever one axle goes to move, it doesn't directly affect the other one. But a lot of that force that it would be transferring from one axle to the other, is absorbed by the shock absorber pad here in the middle. more
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3/23/2020 4:02:08 PM
Shane: Hey, guys. Shane here with etrailer.com, and today we're going to be taking a look at an installation on the center point air ride suspension upgrade on a 2018 Grand Design Momentum in-class fifth wheel toy hauler. What it's going to do is it's going to make your ride much more comfortable when towing a heavy trailer like this. When you're looking to add a suspension upgrade onto your trailer, I think this is probably going to be the way to go in my opinion. If you think about putting airbags on a trailer, a trailer like this size is very heavy. Gross vehicle weight rating is 16,000 pounds plus. more
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3/16/2020 11:22:27 AM
Roadmaster Comfort Ride Shock Absorbers Installation - 2017 Grand Design Solitude Fifth Wheel- Video
Hi there fifth-wheel owners. Today on your 2017 Grand Design Solitude we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Roadmaster's Comfort Ride Shock Absorber Kit for tandem axles.This is what our shock absorbers are going to look like when they're installed. Typically trailers don't have any shock absorbers, just leaf springs. These springs are a old school traditional suspension type system that does allow the axles to move separately from one another so that way you'll have good contact on the road when you're hitting uneven surfaces and when turning, but they don't really offer a whole lot as far as dampening. So a lot of that road shock is going to transfer from the road through your leaf springs up into your trailer, which can result in a lot of negative vibration that could potentially damage components and wear out the life of your trailer.It's a universal bolt on system, so it's going to be great for your larger trailers such as your fifth wheels, your toy haulers, and in your car haulers. The shock in the middle will absorb a lot of road vibrations and any sudden impacts you might have from potholes, minimizing the transfer of that energy up through the trailer inside. more
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7/11/2019 1:52:22 PM
Dexter Heavy-Duty Suspension Kit Installation - 2018 Grand Design Momentum 5W Toy Hauler- Video
Today on our 2018 Grand Design Momentum Fifth Wheel Toy Hauler, we're gonna be installing Dexter's Heavy Duty Suspension kit for tandem axle trailers, part number K71-359-00.This kit is gonna be great to repair your trailer. If you've got some damaged, worn out bushings, you can use this kit to replace all those worn out components. The new components that come with it are gonna be heavy duty and greasable. What this means to you is that they're gonna be much longer lasting than your factory hardware. As long as you grease them regularly, that will greatly extend the life of your components.The brown bushings that come with the kit measure 9/16ths for the inner diameter. You'll get everything you need to replace your components for a tandem axle. more
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1/11/2019 3:42:59 PM
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