08 F250 HAHA and 08 27'FB CDD

[Bambi_Bandit]

Originally Posted by Sean Woodruff

You may want to drop your strut bar to the bottom hole on the frame bracket. An Airstream has what the haha company calls an A-style coupler and the bottom hole makes the strut the most level.

Hi Sean,

Per your advice, while waiting at the dealer for them to troubleshoot my Dometic fridge, I did go ahead and drop the strut bar to the bottom hole.

I was careful to count the exact # of rotations on the strut bar "nut" when I loosened them to ensure I put it back the same way.

When my Hensley was installed, it turned out that the mounts were slightly different lengths (22" road/driver side and 22 3/8" passenger/road side) causing some issue that I can't remember anymore.

So they compensated for this by having one strut bar longer than the other and they told me that if I ever needed to remove the strut bar to count the exact # of turns on the nut and put it back the same...

I have not tried hooking up and pulling with it since the change this afternoon, but the Colorado trip will be on Wednesday.

I figure if it starts feeling funny I'll go back to the 2nd hole...

Not sure what ride difference or other difference to expect on the bottom hole.

[Sean Woodruff]

Hi Kevin,

You won't notice any difference in the holes. The bottom hole just makes the strut more level and puts the load more down the shaft of the strut.

That is exactly the way to install the strut bars when your frame brackets are positioned differently from the center of the ball. The strut has plenty of adjustment to handle that and squares the main head up to the front of the trailer. This allows the links to run parallel and in the direction of travel.

Sounds like you are dialed in.

[mustang]

I had a issue close to yours, The problem is You probably dont need weight distribution hitch. The local camper place told me buy the lightest bars and just make them taunt. Plus Ford trucks come with a rake on them, so when they are level that means they have a load. I think it is a 1 inch differnce between back and front