John C

Could you please elaborate on " set the DOWN pressure on the tag axle at 46-48 PSI. " no sure I understand that. Thx

I am changing all my 8 tires to Toyo M144. Ordered the tires from tire store, they will install those tires for me. When I told them Monaco Tire Chart (see attached) they just blew it off , they told me that it is 2024 and the rules and tires are changed, they told me for the front I should have at lease 120 psi ,driver and tag at lease 105 psi. they also said the low tire pressure 80 is bad for the tire. Their only business they do is tire for big semi truck and I hope they know what they are talking. Does what they told me make any sense? I understand that I need to weight my coach first and depends on the weight of each axle, I use the chart for the tire pressure. 1) my Tag Axls, the max GAWR is 10k, on each tire is 5k, looking at the chart, for single tire for 5,200 lbs is 70 psi. 2) for driver axle, the Max GAWR is 20k lbs, each side is 10k lbs, with two tires on each side, it is 5k each tire , looking at Toyo chart, 5k weight the psi should be 85 psi 3) for front axle, the Max GAWR is 15k lbs, each side is 7.5k lbs, looking at Toyo chart, 5k weight the psi should be 120 psi This is pretty much inline with Monaco Stick on my coach except the Tag alxe, the 70 psi (that is even with MAX GAWR) seems to be really low for me if I following Toyo's chart. Also this is the MAX GAWR, I am not full-timer, giving the Dynasty have ccc of 8,000lbs(maybe more??), I doubt I would carry more than 3K weight with me (include passenger & driver) so my GAWR(s) will be much lighter than the MAX rating. does that means my tire pressure should be even lower? I am going to get the tire install first, of course I don't have anything loaded, what psi should I have on each tire at a starting point (can't weight right now ,need to get Non-commercial B driver license first to go to weight station) Please advise. Thank you!

That is definitely possible, I did check the holes, it doesn't look like it has been enlarged but you never know for sure. One person with 2007 Beaver Patriot Thunder on Facebook had the same issue, he replied my post: "I h "had the same issue. Did by the shocks from Shock Warehouse. Ultimately had the bushing drilled out at a machine shop, works fine now." I looked at the new bolt & old bolt again, it doesn't look like the old bolt is 25% large than the new one, so I definitely measure it up with digital caliper, if the diameter difference is not that much, adding bushing maybe a good idea, then challenge is to find the steel bushing that will bridge the difference between the old bolt & new bolt I already replaced 4 new shocks with 4 old shocks, was planning to do the rest tomorrow, maybe i should put that on hold now...

May not be exact 15/16" but should not be off by that much, I just ordered a digital caliper and will check with that tomorrow. I was put to wood on each side then checked the distance. Just got the bolt circumference by using a wire and wrapping around the old bolt, it is 2 7/8" 2 7/8 divide by 3.14 = diameter, it is 0.916, that is the diameter. Good point. I am removing 9 new shocks and putting all old shock back. Wasted 2 days and $100.00 for the new bolts. for one of the broken shock I have no choice but use the new shock. VERY FRUSTRATED!!! You don't know what you don't know! Because one of the old shocks broke, so I figured that I may as well replacing all of them, now I opened a whole new can of worms Yes, hole size at both ends of the new shocks the same, because the old shock doesn't have steel sleeve, the hole is much bigger, that is why it fit the old big bolt. Never done welding before and no sure I can do it. My guess is this is the wrong shock for my coach.

outside diameter of my old mount bolts is about 15/16 inside diameter of my new shocks with the steel sleeve installed is about 3/4, that is my new bolt size The different between the new bolt & old bolt is 25% which is very significant. No I don't known if the old bolt is original or not, but it will be quite a effort to enlarge the hole on the chassis that much and I checked the holes on the chassis, it doesn't look has been modified. The reason I believe the tech is it is kind of make sense, all bolt size on the coach must have been calculated by engineer, it is OK to upsize it, but to downsize it by 25% maybe OK, but maybe not OK. How did you install your shock if the old bolt is much bigger than the new one? Thank you Thank you! but million $ question is how do I use the old bolt on the new shock?I really hate to downsize the bolt by 25% in diameter.

Could someone here please tell me what is the shock model number for 2007 Dynasty ? I bought Bilstein 24-187312 Shock , Yellow because a lot of people have post that is the shock for both front & rear, now I believe I may have bought the wrong shock. The reason is following: Bilstein 24-187312 Shock new shock is almost identical to the my old shock, but there is one difference: the old shock doesn't have steel sleeve inside the eye while the new shock has it, because the old shock doesn't have the steel sleeve, the bolt go through the eye is bigger and it can't fit the eye of the new shock, I decided me buy a new bolt to fit the new shock sleeve , now a few more people suggested me that I should use the old bolt because it fit the chassis and the smaller bolt may have problem late on. So I called Bilstain support, here is what they told me I may have the wrong shock . I should always use the old bolt I should not pull the steel sleeve out of eye because that will destroy the rubber brushing, because the bushing is melt with the steel sleeve when they make it. So if it is the right shock, which I still believe it is, it is catch 22, I can't remove the steel sleeve, but I have to use the bigger bolt, which is too big. what do I do? Thank you!

My bad, yes, it is Eye-pin

Both fans are taken. Thank you.

Yes, definitely solid strut. Could you please tell me what 3M Pre Cleaner you used? where did you buy the pre cleaner & 3M Tape? there are so many fake products on Amazon I want to buy genuine 3M. Could you please elaborate on"Walter that is the method I used", never heard this before. Thank you.

I don't believe the bolt will elongate the hole, because it fits the hole just right, maybe 1mm gap? after I tight the bolt it shouldn't move... It does have nut mount top..

Believe or not, I just talk to Bilstein , they told that I need ask Monaco!!!! This shock is specific for Monaco and they don't have any torque information on it! The torque value on their website is for other shocks!

The old one is Bilstein. The old one doesn't have steel sleeve so you need a large bolt. Now the now shock does have sleeve, the old bolt just won't fit. Just bolt thr new smaller bolts from a bolt store with exactly same material. The one with grease is the old one Look everyone has the sleeve, no sure what is the reason why the old shocks top hole (all 10 of them) doesn't have sleeve. but the bottom hole does have sleeve! The must be a story behind it. Just like you buy a old house!

OK, then new bolt! Thank you!

Good point, then I will apply the 12" long 3M tape then leave a 2" space, then apply 12" tape, then...

I am in the middle of replacing all my shocks, just noticed the old shock doesn't have the steel piece inside the top bolt hole but the now one does. The is no way for me to push the old bolt inside new shock top hole without removing the steel piece. So I have two options 1. Remove the steel piece and use the old bolt and nut 2. Leave the steel piece in place, buy a new set of the bolts to fit the hole on the new shock. What will you do? Thank you

Why? it is directly support the chassis as Mike talked about on his post. Those chassis beams are almost 10 inches thick and very strong. Also I have two 12 ton jacks right under the front axles and two 24 ton jacks right under the driver axles just in case.

Bet a lot of things were never changed! I am surprised the original airbags last so long!

It has been parked at my house for the last 4 months since I bought in AZ, there is a the auxiliary tank in the back on P.S side, no sure if it is also responsible for the front, the fuse was bad when I checked, after I replaced the fuse it only ran a few times. but not very long, I was going to change airbags & rebuild 6 pack first , so this was put on the back burner. When I rebuild 6 packs and 4 pack, I noticed there were quite bit rust inside it too. but not as many as the two airbags. I was wondering where there are coming from at that time. Looks like the rust is definitely in the system, no sure why the other 6 airbags don't have any rust in it?

Yes, now I remember I read that on the manual a while ago, that is definitely another to do. Thank you.

How do you clean the airline? Maybe it take less time to just replacing it? I already bought a new air dryer. Will replace it Thursday.

Both were on the front passenger side, losing all air in a couple of days. I will follow the airlines tomorrow. Thank you

Wow! I didn't realize it is that serious! How do I explain that only two bags has this problem? does that means it rust is only in a certain area? how do I check if the brake system is rusted or not? Thanks!

I am in the process of changing 10 airbags, noticed two airbags has rust inside, also a few airlines has rust to. I know I need to change the air dryer, how about the airlines with rust in it? am I supposed to change that too? is anything I need to check besides that? Please advise. Thank you.

@zmotorsports Hi,Mike, I followed your post almost religiously and it helped me a lot to change my 10 airbags. I made just one change as following: I bought one pair of 24 ton jack stands (rear) and one pair of 12 ton jack (for the front), but I could not find jack stand that are long enough to directly in contact with chassis, I can stack up jack st and 10 pieces of 2x10 but I don't feel very safe, so here is what I did, for the front I cut a pair of 6x6 as a jack stands, that turned out to be very strong, on the driver side, there is no space on the chassis that I can put 6x6 there, so I cut above 2 inches from the 6x6 , make it 4x6 on the top, on the bottom it is still 6x6. for the rear, I use 4x8 because the limited space. I am doing it very slow, and I am made a decision to change the 10 shocks. now it is the 4th day, the coach is on the 4x8 and 6x6, looks very solid. Thank you so much your post, without it I won't even know where to start!

I am changing 10 Bilstein 24-187312 Shocks now, does anyone knows what is the torque? On Bilstein website it has the following for the top nut: https://academy.bilsteinus.com/knowledge/what-are-the-torque-specifications-on-the-top-nut-of-my-shocks Size of Nut Torque M8 10 ft/lbs M12 34 ft/lbs M14 54 ft/lbs M16 83 ft/lbs I measured the diameter of shock holes, it is M16, but even 83 ft/lbs still seems to be really low to me. also they didn't talk the bottom nut. How did you do it? Thank you