I received my Safe-T-Plus stabilizer and the appropriate attachment kit but have found the diagram in the instructions to be less than helpful. Has anyone installed this on their U320 themselves? I searched the topic, but could not find anything but a lot of discussion, weighing the pros and cons, which isn't helpful to me at this point.
If anyone has it on their rig (regardless of who installed it), I would really appreciate any photos of the anchor end as well as the steering arm attachment. Hopefully your coach is similar to my 2000.
I installed this on my old Safari and found it to be a simple job, keeping in mind that there is a difference between "simple" and "easy".
I may end up calling the company, but in the past, I've found members more helpful with these things.
Thanks for any help.
The bracket mounts to the axle and the bolt through the small end of the safety plus goes in the hole in the right side arm that the drag link attaches to.
I am not sure this picture will help or not, it is from May of 2017, when I had the front brakes inspected, greased the caliper pins with clay based grease, added new pin springs, repacked, replaced front wheel bearings, and aligned front end.
Picture of my Safe-T-Plus.
Shared album - John Lewis - Google Photos (https://photos.app.goo.gl/7DTcBw6SfoH3mtpB9)
All was done at Parts | Kaiser Brake Alignment (https://kaiserbrakealignment.com/brakes-and-abs/p)
Sven here are som pics of my install
Chris
Thanks Chris, this was exactly what I needed and more than I expected. It should be fairly simple.
Sven, the easiest way to set the safety steer once installed is to find a large parking lot or if you have a long straight driveway.
It may take a couple of try's. Once you are traveling in straight line, stop air up front, block up, then loosen the axle mounting and let the steer shock find center, re-tighten then try again!
Chris
Thanks again Chris. I did the installation today, but had to get ready for the kids (T or T) with candy stand so didn't have a chance to road test. I did it with my Safari on a long straight away in our neighborhood. It will be more of a challenge with this coach - the ends of those four bolts are not easy to get at (insets), not to mention the process you related. I recall having to do it about 3 times with the Safari. Silver Sharpie will help.
Yup, a piece of tape you can put marks on so you can make small adjustments is a big help in doing the final centering.
I was thinking about the axle beam for the Sharpie, but tape on the steering wheel and dash will help.
I did my install this morning. A couple hours, pretty straight forward (this is my 3rd time putting one on) Chris has good pic's of the install so I won't bother duplicating that but I did a tool lay out and a floor mockup layout. Also pics of my 1/4" wall aluminum safety blocks, they are 12 1/4", could have got away with 12 1/2" but this is plenty.
Tools I used:
1 1/8" wrench, 1 1/18" socket/ratchet
9/16", 5/8",11/16" wrenches
9/16" , 5/8", 11/16" socket/ratchet
brass mallet
wire brushes
You better eat your wheaties...those 3/4" crimped lock-nuts are no joke..
I ended up using my Earthquake XT to tighten the bolt with tapered sleeve (couldn't use the black one). No torque value was given for it. Have you done the road test and adjustments yet?
Not yet, but last week when I parked it I worked back and forth a few times to really center it up good and today when I installed it I made sure it was completely unloaded as I tightened it up...if any adjustment is needed it will be small. I've had problems with thread galling on these crimped locknuts when I use an impact so I did it by hand. We're going on a local beach camping trip the week after next and there will be a couple of good 20mile straight hwy runs to evaluate/tune it. It's supposed to rain this weekend and I don't feel like pulling the cover off then putting it right back on for just that..