5TH wheel nose to tall
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5TH wheel nose to tall
I have a 05 quad cab 4x4 dually ( LONG BED ) & A 04 Sprinter 293 FWSL. Just installed my 5TH whell hitch a super5TH ( nonslider ). I can't remove the spacer blocks under the rear springs on the truck because if I do I will not be able to remove the brake caliper bolts. The trailer axles are under the springs already.There is a real thick over load spring on the truck about 1" thick ( w/o measuring ) wandering if anyone has removed this leaf ? The trailer has a extended pin box from the factory. I'm thinking if I took off the extended pin box & replaced it with a shorter pin box that this would put a little more weight on the truck to help compress the springs. I know I could use a pin box at least 8" shorter than the one on the trailer now. I have 6 1/2" of clearance at the rear of the bed rails to trailer. When hooked up on level ground the front of the trailer is 6" higer than the rear. So I need to drop the front 3" to get level. My main concern is to much weight on the rear trailer axle. I know my problem is not unique so who doing what ?
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does your pin box have any adjustment up and down,should be a bunch of holes in it for this, or what about your spring shackles on the trailer,mine are adjustable for this,i have three holes in the shackles for height adjust..
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Re: 5TH wheel nose to tall
Originally posted by PZM123
I have a 05 quad cab 4x4 dually ( LONG BED ) & A 04 Sprinter 293 FWSL. Just installed my 5TH whell hitch a super5TH ( nonslider ). I can't remove the spacer blocks under the rear springs on the truck because if I do I will not be able to remove the brake caliper bolts.
I have a 05 quad cab 4x4 dually ( LONG BED ) & A 04 Sprinter 293 FWSL. Just installed my 5TH whell hitch a super5TH ( nonslider ). I can't remove the spacer blocks under the rear springs on the truck because if I do I will not be able to remove the brake caliper bolts.
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