Axel riser
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Topic: Axel riser
Posted By: manrocker
Subject: Axel riser
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2012 at 2:44pm
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I bought a new 177 two weeks ago,on my first trip home I ripped off the stabilizer in the back while parking it next to my house.I called Lazy Days in Tampa ,where I bought the rpod to install axel risers ,they told it would void the warranty on the suspension and they would not do it.My question,has anybody had the same answer from their dealer?I bought the risers from Forest River. ------------- Manrocker Kh6rp |
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Posted By: Swift-Pod
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2012 at 3:51pm
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UGGH! Picking up my 177 on Friday and I have nightmares about something like that happening. I did have axle risers installed by our dealer and he never mentioned anything about voiding the warranty. On the contrary he recommended that we have them installed. I'll be watching replies to this one from the more experienced in the group. Duanne ------------- Duanne & Ann 2011 177 R-Pod 2007 Toyota Tacoma |
Posted By: Tidalwave4455
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2012 at 4:27pm
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Forest River will install them as a factory option...as well as sell them separately. FR even includes the bolts needed for installation. I don't believe that installing the risers will void any warranty. |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2012 at 6:55pm
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Nope, no way it voids the warranty when the parts are sold and installed by FR as Tidalwave said.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: rudyunknown
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 7:42am
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OK my question is where exactly to get the axle risers. Do i have to call forest river to get the risers i didnt see anything online that i can buy from them.
Also has anyonehere put in the step by step process to put the axle risers on the rpod, i am assuming that i can prop up the rpod on the 4 jacks and then put the axle risers on ------------- 2011 Rpod 171 Tundra Rudy Reshmi n big Omkar n lil Arjun |
Posted By: tpierce220
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:37am
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Rudy, if you are handy with tools (I am no), you may be able to install them yourself. You can order it from Forest River. The dealer installed them on ¡Podtástic!, and they never said anything about voiding the warranty. You can email susan Thornberg at sthornberg@forestriverinc.com, and she will email you back with the price. Tim ------------- Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys. |
Posted By: Tidalwave4455
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 12:31pm
| It is way cheaper to buy the risers direct from FR than through most dealers...even with the shipping charges. I bought mine through a dealer and paid more than double what FR charges! |
Posted By: manrocker
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 12:53pm
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I just got the answer The Axle Riser will not effect your warranty in
any way.
Brandie Lamb ------------- Manrocker Kh6rp |
Posted By: rid415
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 6:46pm
| i would not use the jacks on the pod get 4 other jacks |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:05pm
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Definitely don't use the Pod's stabilizers - the stabilizers are only designed to keep the Pod stable, not support any of the weight (when you get in camp, level using wood or plastic blocks under the tires, and using the jack, then the stabilizers should go down until they touch the ground and then turn 1-2 more times at most). You'll want to use a good set of jack stands, using your jack and jack stands on the frame near the axle - not on the corners. Do one side at a time. Full instructions will come with the risers. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:33pm
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The risers ordered from FR, $75 plus UPS, come with an illustrated instalation sheet. My local RV guy installed them for me for about $140, said that the instructions were quite adequate. ------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 5:15pm
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I bought risers through FR late last fall after I had winterized. After dewinterizing and taking off the cover and getting her on flat ground (there is not much of that in Harrison co Indiana) looks like the risers are pretty simple, use good tools, wheel chocks and jack stands for safety. I also have the rhino tube 60 inches and the mounting brackets are perfectly set to run from frame to frame. I measured today and it looks like the best place for it is between the front of the pod and the black water dump valve. The frame is a box frame and there is no wiring or gas lines near where I want to put it. also both ends of the new tube also open, so the new tube should be about 8 or 10 inches to the left of the black water dump valve, very handy. I also mounted the oxygenics shower head I have had for a while, I had to wait for the back ordered chrome head hanger, looks nice, cant wait to try it. Heck I cant wait to get the pod on the road, saw another large 75 to 80 V formation of Canada Geese heading due north at about 2000 feet, to heck with that ground hog. ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |