Shock Bushing Blowout

[Bullitt6283]

I thought I would pass this along.... FYI...

I was spending some quality time with the RV this morning, changing the shocks and adding a SuperSteer rear track bar.
My 2016 Greyhawk has 19,700 miles on it.
Upon removing the front shocks, I notice the upper rubber bushings appear to have been blown apart.
I admit to having leveled the RV a few times by raising the front wheels mostly or totally off the ground..... so that the full weight of the front wheel/tire/suspension and the downforce of the front springs was bearing on these bushings. I realize this is not a recommended procedure. I will not be doing this again.


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[pconroy]

Oh man- I'm at 40,000 on our 2016 and I too have lifted the fronts up a couple of times.

[Scoutmaster253]

I don't know why suspending the front wheels from these bushings would be more damaging to the top bushings than the constant weight of the coach would be pressing down on the lower bushings. The bushings must have been exposed to different environments or ...

[Bullitt6283]

Originally Posted by Scoutmaster253

I don't know why suspending the front wheels from these bushings would be more damaging to the top bushings than the constant weight of the coach would be pressing down on the lower bushings. The bushings must have been exposed to different environments or ...

The constant weight of the coach does not press down on the lower bushings. The springs hold the coach up.
Sitting still, with the weight on the tires, it wouldn't matter to the RV if the shocks even existed.

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