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johnmaci
Senior Member Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 202 |
Topic: New axle system for rpod? Posted: 16 Sep 2016 at 2:06pm |
Got it. Thanks for the explanation......
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 16 Sep 2016 at 9:00am |
Higher pitched axle means that the angle of the arm on the axle that holds the hub and brake assembly (and with it, the wheel and tire) is set so that the axle is higher up than that of the old axle. On mine (old axle), the angle is such that if you look at it from the side, the hubs are higher than the line of the axle. Mine has the riser blocks to help give more ground clearance. The newer axle is such that when you look at it from the side, the hubs are lower than the line of the axle. These give almost as much boost in height as the risers with the old axle. It is kind of like (looking from the door side) this: Old axle's arm \ New axle's arm /. See this link to Dexter's Torflex for a picture. That will help. See the bottom where it has "Ride Height." Pitch angles are available from 45 degrees down to 22.5 degrees up, which is the angle of the arm in relationship to the axle.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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johnmaci
Senior Member Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 202 |
Posted: 16 Sep 2016 at 8:26am |
I apologize for bringing up an older post, but can you explain what a higher pitched axle means? I've Googled it and find nothing. Thx
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 11 Mar 2016 at 2:42pm |
Okay. I have the new slide-out as we do have a 179 with the 2 tracks on each side.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 11 Mar 2016 at 11:28am |
Unless you own a 179 you have what's known as an above floor slidout. It's one track there on the floor that pulls the slide in and out. Along with the late 2015 Fall changes they changed all RPods over to the new slidout, which is an in wall system, it has 2 tracks on each side of the slide to pull it in and out.
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 11 Mar 2016 at 11:17am |
Thanks for the correction. My remark was meant to be teamed with the other information on manufacture date regarding the new axle, not independently thereof.
What changes were made in the slide-out? Mine was manufactured in May, yet was sold to me as a 2016. It lacked the yellow flip foot and the undermount stainless steel sink. It has the 2016 color scheme. I did not know about slide-out changes. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 11 Mar 2016 at 10:36am |
Seeing risers or not wouldn't be a good indication, many RPods produced from the Goshen Indiana plant do not always have risers on them. Which could be misleading to use that as your visual clue.
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 11 Mar 2016 at 10:35am |
The new RPods with the higher pitched axle went into production from the Dallas Oregon Plant in late August of 2015, a week or so later they went into production at the Goshen Indiana plant.
If your R-Pod has a late August 2015 or beyond build date then it has the higher pitched axle. However to even more easily confirm if your RPod has the yellow front jack flip foot on it, it is part of the 2015 changes to the RPod line and will have the new axle as well as the different slideout and the other 2015 change features. And per my discussion with Forest River yesterday the addition of risers to a newer high pitched axle does not Void any warranty. I will speak with them again today to confirm for a second time so that we can 100% put this question to rest though. Will follow up later today.
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 10 Mar 2016 at 5:29pm |
Mine was manufactured 5/15/2015. It still has the riser blocks. They are obvious. If you don't see blocks, then you have the new axle.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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JB pod
Newbie Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Location: St-Bruno,Quebec Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Posted: 10 Mar 2016 at 4:54pm |
I just got confirmation from my dealer who checked with FR that our new R.Pod 179 2016 #4X4TRPT11GL013715 manufactured 8/12/2016 (August 12th, 2015 I presumed) has the new axle.
Would be nice if FR would post a date or VIN from which all the Rpod have the new axle. Or if we could have a visual characteristic to check the axle for. Thanks |
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