Dr J,
I hope that the wheel bearings are not the issue as last year I had a
reputable and vintage friendly Airstream dealer repack the bearings. I seem
to remember that they had to replace one of them.
The current shocks do have loops on both ends so hopefully taking an old one
in to NAPA will help. However NAPA is closed till Monday and I was hoping to
get this done tomorrow (Sunday). What's another day after 2+ years!
Scott