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Being newish into the large motorhome world, I hadn't heard or thought of the steering gear as a potential problem. On the other hand, I do have a lot of play which gives the MH opportunity to move left and right some. These threads also lead into chassis bushings as a potential source of problems, at least on Roadmaster chassis. My front sway bar bushings were changed just before I purchased it. Other bushings are unknown vintage as of now. But, I will look at the steering gear manufacturer for curiosity sake. Thank you for the new information. The alignment just done helped but was not the cure I was hoping for.

This all started with a very ill handling coach. We bought it from a very reputable dealer in Junction City where he and Oregon Motorcoach worked though various issues. None were related to steering except new adjustable Koni' were installed on the front. The coach has all brand new Toyo tires but we discovered later after leaving Junction City that the tire pressures were set too high. It rode like a brick and it was all over the road especially in wind. We now have the tire pressures at spec according to weights and its a lot better. It does not pull left or right. Being somewhat new at driving a 42' motorhome I think some of my early problems were being inexperienced and too much tire pressure. however I still think something isn't right. I have about 3" play in the steering wheel which could translate to two feet left or right in the lane. I drove it from Junction City OR to Raleigh NC and I'm pretty used to it by now. Its not just me. On Monday, I will be taking it to an alignment and truck repair shop where we will check alignment and check the suspension for anything loose or not torqued properly. The Dynomax chassis is capable of a smooth pleasant ride and I'm just trying all options to get it there. Next week, we are off to Estes Park Colorado for a couple of weeks so I'm trying to get it to behave a little better.

Does anybody with a 2002 Magna or Affinity have the alignment specs. Going to an alignment shop on Monday. Thanks, John

I agree that the drive axle is a bit heavy and the tag light. That's one of the reasons for asking about recommendations for alignment shops in or around Raleigh. A shop that doesn't say Country what like I've run into.

My axle GAWR are: Steer 17,500 Drive 20,000 Tag 11,000

I'm not able to get 4 corner weights but this is from a recent Cat Scale: Front-14,900Drive-18,920Tag-8,540Total-42,360 Trying to get Ride Height and Alignment specs from Oregon Motor Coach right now.

Any one know of an experienced Country Coach alignment shop in Raleigh NC or western NC?\ Thanks