Front white support arms are not the same

[nwhouston]

I spent the weekend fighting the floor deflection issue at my door wing piece using Golfing Debbie's approach. I achieved a partial victory and buttoned up the TM. As I was walking around I found that the two front (white) support arms that tie off to the torsion rods are not the same. Again, I seem to have a 'deflection'.

Please see the pix (2 off) attached. In the one (passenger side) you can clearly see that the end of the support arm that ties to the torsion rod is at the normal place (say 2" or so below the bottom, where the rods come out of the bracket. It is the other end, that ties to the upper shell, where there is clearly a deflection (the white support arms should be essentially horizontal when the trailer is down for travel). If you look at the other picture, on the driver side front, you see that the white support arm is horizontal when the trailer is folded. All of my other six arms are this way. Only the one of the passenger side front has this deflection.

My question for the forum: Has anyone else seen this issue, and if so, what was the fix? The trailer folds up and down fine, but when it is up one can see that the front passenger side sags about as much as this deflection (say 1 1/2" or so).

Appreciate your help.

Larry

[tentcamper]

On my old TM, I had one rod that had a bend, but not 2 inches, maybe 1/2"

[HoMiPa]

Originally Posted by nwhouston

The trailer folds up and down fine, but when it is up one can see that the front passenger side sags about as much as this deflection (say 1 1/2" or so).

Larry

Larry - this is a complete wild guess - but do you think the arm is too long? Like if you shortened it, by lowering it onto the torsion rod, would it be able to swing all the way down in the closed position then, so that it is level with the bottom of the upper shell?

There is a screw/bolt inside the pocket stop too - it would be at the top of the support arm when it is in the raised (vertical) position. I've read somewhere that it is to adjust the amount the arm swings open (fully vertical, shy of vertical, beyond vertical). Maybe it does more than that, in that perhaps it would lengthen/shorten the arm?

Hopefully someone here has more info/experience with this issue. But thought I'd throw a couple of thoughts out there.

[tentcamper]

on my older TM the white bar was bent, thats what I seeing. I wonder when I had that TM if the force over time bent it??

[nwhouston]

I was working around the trailer today to work an interior issue so raised the front section. While up I checked the issue of the front passenger support arm appearing different from other arms. Upon close knee-level inspection I found that the support arm has slipped down on the torsion bar head per Holly's thread. Compared to the same support arm on the other side I think I am down about 1/2". Will follow Holly's procedure to correct next time I have the rig in the drive.

Thanks to all for your input. Thanks Holly for your procedure.

Larry

[HoMiPa]

Originally Posted by nwhouston

Thanks to all for your input. Thanks Holly for your procedure.

Larry

I'm glad you figured it out, but I can't take credit. I originally learned about adjusting those support arms from a post by Dick (commodor47). But glad to have passed on the knowledge!