2005 FOREST RIVER TRAVEL TRAILER Suspensionmultiple Axle Problems

SUBJECT VEHICLE IS A 2005 WILDCAT 28RK FIFTH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER. IN JULY, 2006, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MILES OF SERVICE, I NOTICED EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. I CALLED THE AXLE MANUFACTURER, AL-KO KOBER, STATED THAT I HAD EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, AND THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE, TO MY SURPRISE, AND IMMEDIATELY SHIPPED A NEW AXLE TO MY DEALER, AND THEY INSTALLED. OVER THE NEXT YEAR, I PUT AN ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MILES ON THE TRAILER, AND AGAIN, NOTICED THE SAME EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AT THE SAME LOCATION. I TOOK THE TRAILER TO AN ALIGNMENT SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WAS TOE IN, AND THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS SLIGHTLY TOE OUT. I FAXED THE ALIGNMENT REPORT TO MY DEALER, WHO THEN FAXED THE REPORT TO AL-KO. AL-KO OFFERED TO SHIP ME TWO NEW AXLES, WHICH I MUST...

THIS FAILURE IS OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. WHILE THIS VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AS A RESULT OF ANOTHER FAILURE, THE REPAIR FACILITY DISCOVERED THE TRAILER AXLES WERE BENT/OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THIS CONDITION REQUIRED THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE BOTH AXLES. ANECDOTAL INFORMATION: THIS OWNER HAS MET TWO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME TRAILER MAKE AND MANUFACTURER THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR FAILURES. IN EACH CASE THOSE OWNERS ALSO HAD THE MANUFACTURER REPLACE THE AXLES. *JB