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Replacing Springlifts for the bed..... problems encountered

September 30, 2010, 07:42:23 pm

One of my Springlifts (1998 U270) leaked  fluid and the remaining one could not hold up the bed. I looked in the archives and found several coaches with similar problems. When I took the advice to order identical replacements from
Moore Industrial Hardware in Cincinatti, I ordered what others had ordered and was printed on my springlift.... #SL 25-30... relating to a 30 pound force.
After receiving them I noted that when I took off the good springlift, it was at least 3X stronger than the 30's I was replacing and needless to say both new ones together were worse than the single old one. The Moore company assured me that they sent the correct ones as ordered. After peeling off the #SL 25-30 Springlift sticker I noted it was covering up an older company and their numbers indicated that the pressure should be 93 pounds.
Therefore the notes in the archives from individuals whose Springlift replacements are inadequate need to make sure the replacements are not the #SL 25-30's . I sent back those for credit and will be putting on #SL 25-80 as the 90's are out of stock.
~David Cherney

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Re: Replacing Springlifts for the bed..... problems encountered

Reply #1 – September 30, 2010, 09:14:34 pm

Good report, David.  Thank you.  Your message is one that I am saving permanently

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Reply #2 – September 30, 2010, 11:39:13 pm

Me too, cause I do not have any bed lifts on mine.

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Reply #3 – October 01, 2010, 10:21:54 am

I have an east west bed now and no spring lifts but the closet does lift and that should be about the same thing.

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Reply #4 – October 04, 2010, 11:35:54 pm

I thought that my bed's air springs were bad, too.  I pulled one off and found out that it was fine, the mattress the previous owners had put in was too heavy for the springs to hold up the bed.  It is a standard pillow top house mattress and I have no idea how they managed to get it in to the bedroom as we cannot seem to get it out.  I have looked at electric hatch lifts ($$$!) to solve the problem but for now I'll just get a good weight lifting exercise when I need to get the the engine.

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