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Jerry Pattison:
Told Ya!   ;)

Karl Welhart:
I just replaced my shocks with Koni FSD.  This was not an easy job.  Several nuts would not come off with impact wrench.  Had to use a long breaker bar and extension.  Also, had to cut a hole in the inside steps to get a bolt out that was put in from the wrong side.  Everything is back together and will see how it rides.  My coach took four (4) for the front but only two 92) in the back.  Koni told me it took four (4) in the back.  Anyway, this job is NOT for the "shad-tree" mechanic.  Almost forgot the worse thing, the front FSDs bolt bushing were too wide and had to be ground down in order to fit in the brackets.

Huyck, Van:
We have an 05 36' Monterey.  From the first day I test drove it I thought the porpoising was unacceptable.  Lots of bounce and lots of sway.  At the 2009 FMCA Rally in Perry, Ga.  I had all 8 original shocks (I do not know what kind they were) swapped out by Precision Frame & Alignment from Elk River, MN.  The cost was $1449.62.  The value was maybe 10 times that much.  Before I got out of the field at Perry I knew that it was money well spent.  There's not a day goes by that I don't thank my stars that I got the KONI FSD shocks.  The part number on the front shocks was 8805-1004, and the back ones is 8805-1005.

We now have a coach instead of a bucking bronco.

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