Thanks Tom! I live about 75 miles from the nearest mobility dealer and I’m in a town of 2,500……..lol. When my brother gets home from vacation I’ll have him look and see what he can find and where he says I should take it to check the suspension system. Wish I would win the lottery and I’d just buy a new one J
From: Thomas E. Cusack [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 3:01 PM To: nichole rohling Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ? Dodge Grand Caravan In some of the older Dodge's the front shock towers rusted out on us I would go to a business that specializes in suspension systems and possibly have them work with your mobility dealer. Some of the older vans we've been seeing suspension systems just wear out. Keep me in the loop. Good Luck! Remember the van is a few years old...I'll try to assist you as best I can. Tom C. On Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:26 PM, nichole rohling <[email protected]> wrote: My kneel is working but I don’t use it so I keep it off. I called my handicap van dealer/repair shop before getting the work done and they told me to just use regular struts/shocks, that they didn’t have to be anything special (I assumed they knew what they were talking about) I thought after the problems I’m having they were wrong! I even called and asked again and they told me the same thing……use same shocks/struts as a regular van. My vehicle isn’t overloaded…….same chair and weight since I bought the van in 2007. Tire size is correct. The back of the van is what is dragging, just not sure if it is the shock mounts or what……..front end bottoms out when I hit a slight dip or bump in the road L From: Thomas E. Cusack [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 12:29 PM To: nichole rohling Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ? Dodge Grand Caravan The older IMS Vans had airbag suspension allowing the vehicle to 'kneel', have your mobility dealer check those, those vans also came with 'heavy duty' suspension-who ever is doing the work should be aware of that fact, be sure the vehicle isn't overloaded. your mobility dealer should weigh the van to see the carrying capacity-you might have it overloaded. do you have the correct sized tires? have your NMEDA QAP dealer review all aspects-having the van 'bottom out' is not a good thing. Tom C. On Thursday, June 12, 2014 11:58 AM, nichole rohling <[email protected]> wrote: I have a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan IMS Rampvan. I had new shocks/struts put on it and it is dragging when going over slight incline and front end is bottoming out ……….. my struts and shocks were shot but it didn’t drag or bottom out until they replaced them. Now they tell me I need new springs. Anyone know if I need special shocks/struts since it is a rampvan with the lowered floor. Nicki
