Towing; Lifting Procedure - Fleetwood Bounder 1987 Owner's Manual

8. Raise the vehicle until the tire clears the ground.
9. Remove wheel nuts and wheel(s). Remember,
with dual wheels, both wheels will be loose.
Remove and replace wheels and nuts carefully.
10. Put spare wheel in place. Replace outside dual,
if necessary. The dual wheels MUST line up
properly. A special alignment stud and hole are
machined into the wheel mounting flange. If
the stud and hole are not aligned, the wheel
will wobble enough to cause damage to tires
and bearings.
11. Replace wheel nuts. Carefully tighten the nuts
snugly in sequence shown in the diagram.
12. Apply the specified torque to all nuts in se-
quence. Dual wheel nuts must be tightened
with both wheels off the ground.
13. Lower the jack. Remove jack, blocks, boards
and other tools and equipment.
14. Check the tightness of the wheel nuts often
until you get to a tire service center. Have the
wheel nut torque and air pressure checked by
professional tire service personnel.
TOWING
If your motor home .ever needs to be towed, please
follow these instructions:
• Secure any loose or protruding parts of the dis-
abled vehicle.
* Inspect points of attachment to the disabled
vehicle. If attachment points are damaged or
deteriorated, select other attachment points at
a substantial fr;:tme structural member.
*
Never allow anyone to go under a vehicle while
it is being lifted by towing equipment unless the
disabled veliicle ,is adequately supported by safe- .
tystands,
Do not tow the motor home from the rear. Towing
from the' rear will cause the front tires and suspen-
tire or front suspension failure, The rear frame exten-
sions are not designed to withstand the loads imposed
by lifting from the rear.
If the rear wheels are disabled, place the motor home
on a flat bed trailer, or use a heavy duty dolly under
the rear wheels and tow from the front.
NOTE: IF YOUR MOTOR HOME MUST BE TOWED,
PREVENT DAMAGE BY HAVING THE TOW TRUCK
DRIVER FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE
CHASSIS OWNER'S MANUAL.
Lifting Procedure
1. Remove the front bumper and air dam, if installed.
2, Attach ':.I" hooks to the inboard ends of the lower
control arms.
3. Position a 4" X 4" length of wood across hitch
chains just behind the bumper frame extensions.
4. Position the lower sling crossbar directly under
the bumper frame extensions,
5. Attach safety chains which are completely in-
dependent of the primary lifting and towing at-
tachment around the frame side rails.
6. Lift the vehicle until the wheels are a minimum
of 4" off the ground. Be sure there ii-adequate
ground clearance at the rear of the vehicle.
The vehicle may be towed on the rear wheels with
the parking brake released and the transmission in
neutral provided a speed of 35 MPH and a distance
of 50 miles is not exceeded. If this speed or distance
must be exceeded, disconnect the driveshaft or place
the rear wheels on a dolly. DO NOT TOW ANY VE-
HICLE AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH.
The safety of the operator and all others in the vicini-
ty of the tow truck and the towed vehicle must be con-
sidered at all times during a towing operation. DO NOT
ALLOW ANY PERSON TO RIDE IN THE,TOWED VEHI-
CLE. Safe operating speeds depend on wea.ther, road,
traffic, visibility conditions,
~nd
the condition of the
towed vehicle. Avoid panic stops. Obey all state and
local laws regarding items' such,as warning signals,
, night illumination, .speed, etc.
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