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Just a final thought the technician just took me out to look at the wheel on the coach and you could not have used more than a 1/4 in thick spacer. the nut is fully on all the threads but little protruding out further. He said they usually like to have a half inch of stud sticking out from the nut but the nut is fully engaged on the threads but not much extra sticking out.

Thanks to all for your valuable help and especially to some of the members who furnished me with the specs for the wheel spacer I'm down at Spectrac in Mesa, Az having them installed and they fit perfectly. I got them from Rosendo at Bronson tire supply in San Bernardino fie $285 including shipping for quarter inch thick wheel spacers. the guy who was working on the tires thinks I could have got thicker ones but not sure. I'll attach photo of the offending Bolt and it looks like the top part is hitting the tire perhaps when I hit a bump the tire flexed down and rubbed on that Bolt hoping the quarter inch thick wheel spacers will pull it away just enough. BRONSON TIRE SHOP SUPPLY 367 E REDLANDS BLVD, SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408 9098905544

I have a nice big mouse and rat glue board out just in case. When the tech removed the old cable it was in pretty good shape and the new one is in there now. No vermin, so far!

Well the tech did use the old cable to begin with and then we had the problem so then he installed the new cable. Interesting to note that we're in Missouri when we had a satellite problem I called DirecTV and got some person who started having me reprogram the size of the dish and tech stuff and right after that, I noticed the comm failure warning in the box but my tech said that had nothing to do with it. it's two different systems.

My tech thought there was a pinched wire when it first went out. The dish raised properly, and we got an dish comm error when we went to put it down. He got a new box and circuit board and he did the same thing. Now with a new base, it still did the same thing. Very frustrating. We are waiting for word from Winguard about what they found out when they got the base back. Thanks

We were on vacation this summer our Winegard Direct TV HD dish failed with the notice "antenna comm failure" We were told the dish was shot and had to order another one, at $2400 they don't come cheaply. When the tech installed the new dish and box, it went up ok, locked in on the satellites but when we went to put it down, the box fried. You could smelt the wires had overheated. He ordered a new box and circuit board and after installation, that fried as well. Then Winegard sent him the entire new bottom thinking maybe a wire was pinched inside. We just installed that and again it won't work and the box smells overheated again. Our electrical system checks out with no problems but -but the tech has never seen anything like it. 3 bad parts exchanged and it still won't work. He doesn't know what else to do? Has anybody had this difficulty lately with a Winguard Pro Traveler. It was ordered thru Camping World. Winguard has not tested the returned unit yet and we are waiting for them to get back to us. Any help would be appreciated.

I've often thought that during one of my tire changes the spacer got taken off and not put back on again because it wasn't a problem when we purchased the coach. Thank you

Thanks much. I am glad yours worked out. I didn't thank getting a couple of quarter inch spacers would be such a hassle.

Thanks. I'm used to a lot of pricey stuff that goes on these rigs. I think they're made of gold

I had contacted wheeladapter.com in Canoga Park and sent them Mike's schematic for 1/4 in wheel spacers and they said no problem, they would give me an estimate right away. That was weeks ago. I have called a guy named Fred, and emailed numerous times and never have heard back again. I am losing confidence with this company who can't even give me an estimate. I'm open to names of other companies that might be able to machine these two wheel spacers for our rear tires. thanks

Seems I found a place who can do the wheel spacer and I'm waiting for an estimate to come in on Monday it's wheel adapters.com in Canoga Park. he was the only one I talked to who didn't think it would be a problem. https://www.wheeladapter.com/

Good idea. Not sure we did that when replacing. I like the adjustable feature of ours. I forget what number we are using but I did bring the rig back in to adjust for a softer ride.

We love Koni shocks and got rid of the bilston's and replaced all of our shocks on the 1998 Monaco Dynasty with Koni. not to change the subject but the problem we had, was nearly half of the bottom shock mounts at some time or another have torn off when I'm leveling the rig at a campsite and get down low. I had to go to Spectrac and they small welded boxes for the shock absorbers and it's never been a problem again but I don't think the original Monaco shock mounts are strong enough in many cases so just a word to the wise.

Metric? What's that? Just kidding.. it does get confusing especially with some American cars that have foreign Parts on them I just bought a whole set of open end wrenches. One is SAE other side metric.

Most helpful. your measurements in mm are the same as others have told me in inches 11:25 inches. easy to measure with the wheels off for sure Everyone is so helpful on this site. Looks like I have all the info to get some 1/4 inch spacers ordered. what a great resource this is.

Boy, you are ontop of it.very good info. I was thinking there would be some company that would have off the shelf wheel spacers that would fit but it looks like you have to have it machined specifically for your rig.

Hi, I am calling around to try and find someone who currently has wheel spacers for our 98 Dynasty, to pull the rubbing bolt a little farther away from the dual tire. Spectrac just inspected it all yesterday, no cracks or problem in the suspension. Turns out trying to find a company that will do this is tough, as the wheel spacer is too large for them to machine. I called the Henderson line, recommended in Tom Cherry's post and they had no idea. He said to call US Wheel Adapter in Lubbock. They can't do it, too large. Called arrowcraft products, and its too large for them I have a call into Barry at Josam's in Orlando but he won't be back until Monday, but I did find one company in Canoga Park, CA. that perhaps can do it. But I lack one of the measurements they need. spectrac said I have 10 lugs, a 9 inch axle diameter and 7/8 studs. But wheeladapter must have the exact measurement from the center of one lug to the center of the lug on the opposite side of the wheel. The tech I talked to said they could machine it but just need that measurement. anybody have an idea of what that measurement is? And would it be the same on the outside dual as the inside. (sorry for the stupid question) Thanks

David, this is an excellent post and I will surely do it next week. The tech at Spectrac told me yesterday that the tires really didn't need to be replaced, in his opinion. it was more of cosmetic rubbing not digging into the cord. I've had rear tires blow before and it's a pretty scary experience so for peace of mind I'm going to see if I can track down the part numbers of the spacers and have them added just quarter inch spacers. Thanks

Wonder if a heavy tow vehicle can put pressure on the rear duals as well. We tow a Hummer H2 with all wheels down, of course?

Yes, I could see the problem occurring when we bottom out. the roads right now we came back on Interstate 40 were the worst. As I earlier mentioned I have the weird problem of having to drop the Monaco down on the airbags to get it out of the RV garage we built the garage for a safari and I need to drop the Monaco 4 in to get it out without tearing anything off the roof and I'm sure that little bit of traveling with the airbags deflated hasn't helped either.

Good day I finally took the Monaco Dynasty down the spectrac suspension in Gilbert Arizona for a thorough inspection and troubleshooting on why two chassis bolts are rubbing on the inner dual tires. I have no broken welds or cracks in the H frame they don't feel comfortable replacing the offending suspension bolt with a smaller head and the only other option is a tire spacer. based on the length of the lugs they can do a quarter inch tire spacer and see if that solves the problem but they'd like to help of the Monaco forum. where are people ordering those Tire spacers and if someone's put a quarter inch tire space on a 1998 Monaco Dynasty, where did they get it from and any part numbers would help. At ride height those bolts are not hitting the tire but perhaps when I'm dropping it down on the bags is when the tire gets marked. the inside tires have not compromised their integrity yet it's more of a cosmetic mark not digging into the tire or cord. Any supplier number or name or part number would be most helpful thanks for all your help.

Glad you mentioned the one quarter inch size. I was trying to figure out how big a spacer needs to be ordered. Another post mentioned a half inch spacer but I'm not sure I got enough stud space for that. I'm taking the rig down to spectrac a suspension expert tomorrow for them to take a look at it. I'm even thinking that when I had the last tire change a while back, maybe they removed the spacers, because I didn't have this problem before. Thanks

Excellent point. Didn't think of that angle but should have.

Oh boy, that's not good

Thank you much. Did you replace all fuel lines from the tank?