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[VAL] Increasing ride height



Simply raising the trailer body/frame above the axle will not necessarily
prevent the tires from striking the wheel houses. If the tires ever
strike the wheel houses, the bump stops should be increased in thickness
to prevent any contact between the tires and the wheel houses, and to
match any increase in tire outside diameter or contact between the tires
and wheelhouses may occur.

The mechanic across the street related an instance of a customer
complaining that his car's trunk was filling with water. Upon examination
he found that the rear tires had worn through the wheelhouses and had
been throwing water and mud into the trunk.
Al