Hi, today while I was under my trailer doing some mouse proofing, I noticed two hanging stabilizers. On my trailer there are four bolts on the outer frame flange and only one on the inboard end. Two seemed to be missing, both on the curb side. The right front stabilizer, inside bolt was missing and the two whole threads in the cross member were stripped. I drilled a 1" hole in the belly pan so I could use a nut to hold the bolt properly. [Airstream should have used nuts] On the left front stabilizer, I checked for torque and it was on the verge of stripping. So I drilled another hole so I could put a nut on this one too. What do you expect, with only two threads tapped into a frame cross member that holds 1/4 of the trailer in place? Now in the rear; The street side, inner, stabilizer bolt needed to be tighter. I tightened it up and it is OK for now. On the curb side stabilizer inner bolt, my first thoughts were that it is stripped out too and the bolt is missing, but this bolt was broken off. I drilled out the old bolt and installed a new one. With my finger in the hole, it seems that this cross member is doubled where the bolt goes, so I was able to tighten it up properly. Before today, When camping with my stabilizers down, it didn't seem too stable and made some creaking noises; Now I know why. I suggest everyone should crawl under their trailer and check their stabilizer bolts. [weak area] For now I covered my 1" holes with duct tape.
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