I wish I had done this job myself, but I am by myself when it comes to heavy work so I have to pick my battles. I had this done at the dealer and it cost me $1000! But I was getting ready for a trip and had less time but more money.
Just to tease you do-it-yourselfers it took the dealer about 3 hours but they have all the right tools; no "jerry" rigging required. The only irritation is that I drove the rig back home and parked it to prepare for our next trip and I creepy-crawlied under the trailer to admire my new suspension and clean off the extra grease and found that almost ALL the zerk fittings were loose! I could have lost some on the 35 mile drive home. So I spent about an hour wiping everything clean and tightening down each fitting. Maybe that's why they were able to do it so fast... lol.
Apparently this is a common problem, not one of those "I don't have that" problem, but YOU WILL over time. Just to get you to thinking, these worn suspension parts could cause tire problems since you end up with a very sloppy suspension. I still had the Mission tires when this occurred and wouln't you like to know that right after I had the suspension upgraded one of the Mission tires failed on the very next trip (I discussed that on another topic forum).
So now I have a new suspension and put Goodyear Marathons all around including the spare. Daddy is happy now and so is Momma.
Adios,
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