Chassis, Frame, Autolevel and Running Gear - Redwood Owners Group Forum

Front Frame Failure on 2014 Redwood 38FL

Rob_Fla — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 10:41:36 +0000

We are seeing interior molding pooching out and wall panels moving in the front cap area of our 2014 Redwood 38FL Front Living unit when our Redwood is hitched up to our truck.

Below are pictures and description of what was found when the repair shop opened up our Redwood.

The repair shop will be adding additional reinforcement for the sidewall support plate structure and rerouting the power cable so we do not have an electrical short or fire in the future due to rubbing through the wiring insulation.

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Flexair Pinbox Rubber Plate Slipping

Jim — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 02:08:24 +0000

A short time ago I saw some posting on the rubber plate slipping and how Lippert was very concerned and was quickly willing to replace it. I have attached a couple photos to verify my understanding of the slipping phenomena. I wasn't able to edit the orientation of the photos, so please do the best you can. How serious is this issue? Is it so bad as not to tow the trailer? I personally don't think so. Thanks for the help. Steve Blomquist 2017 3401RL 662,663

Level Up Cylinder Leaking By

Jim — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:54:25 +0000

I think someone must have had to repair or replace their level up lift jack cylinder...............are they repairable or do they need to be replaced? The driver side front cylinder is slowly leaking by the internals and dropping the front driver side in storage. It still provides plenty of lift, though.

Tires, Wheels and Wet Bolts

Jim — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 21:27:18 +0000

I know many have upgraded to 17.5 wheels and tires, and for me I had no reason to justify the upgrade until we had two leaking aluminum 16" rims on the way to the rally. Bottom line - check your rims for small spider-web type etchings. They may be the start of stress fractures. I also broke the two rear spring hanger wet bolts. Don't know exactly what the sequence was, but here is my guess: Broken wet bolt on RR, creating more stress on the LR hanger and both wheels Stress fracture in RR wheel. Reluctantly replaced with spare steel wheel/Westlake original spare. New wet bolt in RR causing stress on weakened LR bolt and LR aluminum wheel. Broken wet bolt on LR. Stress crack on LR aluminum wheel. Replaced with new steel wheel and Sailun that was on the ground. I upgraded to 4,000 lb springs, Dexter equalizers and Dexter wet bolts/bronze bushings two years ago. Lippert has examined my suspension and says hangers are good, axles and springs are good; they are replacing the equalizers and bronze bushings in the spring eyes. And solid bolts on the spring ends. And, simply for informational purposes, here is the Sailun 637 on the 16" rim with 50,000 miles on it. Continue to be very impressed with the Sailun tire. 643,644,645,646,647,648

Trailer brakes

Jim — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:49:46 +0000

We have a 2014 redwood 36gk. We have had a problem with trailer brakes not working for a long time. They just don't work. It seems our truck does all the work. We think they may be wired wrong. Luckily we are stationary most of the time or just take very short trips. Any suggestions will be helpful since we haven't found any schematic on wiring

jacks stop and start when going up

Jim — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:47:17 +0000

I know I read this issue somewhere but cannot find it... When retracting my jacks, they stop and start.. they do go all the way and complete the cycle but not before stopping a few times.. My slides WERE doing it as well, but I checked the fluid and I was 1 quart low so I added it, since then the slides have been fine.

Unusual Tire Wear, any thoughts what is going on

Jim — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 04:38:04 +0000

Stopped at a rest stop today and doing my walk around inspection, I noticed unusual tire wear on two of my Goodyear G114 Tires. Anybody got any ideas what is going on? 637,638

Tire wear

Jim — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 01:52:50 +0000

My tires are wearing on the outside 1/2 inch. The rest of the tire looks good. From the outside tread the outer 1/2 inch. It is strange. My air pressure is supposed to be 110 but you cannot put that much pressure in at truck stops. So I ran them for about 1500 miles at 90psi until I got them aired to 100 psi. Is this my problem? Should I go with the full 110psi?

Sailun Tires

Jim — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:48:41 +0000

I need to replace my G614 RST LT235 85R16 Load range G. 126/129 L. I would like to know what Sailun tire everyone is using to stay 16 in.Is everyone still happy with the Sailun tires? Larry

TrailAir TriGlide Hitch

Jim — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 02:37:56 +0000

I recently contacted Lippert and informed them that the bottom plate of my TrailAir TriGlide has a lot of movement/play. I was told by Lippert that they had problems with the design and no longer make this unit and would send out a replacement. However, what they sent out is not an equivalent unit. What they sent does NOT have the shock absorber and donut. It is only a chunk of metal with a kingpin. When I contacted Lippert I was told that what they shipped is the replacement that they were instructed to sent out. I explained that what I have is a cadillac as compared to the volkswagen they sent out. Lippert did go on to say that they would be happy to SELL me a replacement unit similar to the unit I have called a FlexAIR which has the donut and shock absorber. According to Lippert "it normally retails for $1450.95 PLUS $203.65 shipping because it has to be shipped freight. So realistically $600 off." I checked Amazon and I can purchase this unit for $1150 with free shipping.