DIY Joy Rider RV Shock Install 

I appreciate that this vid shows you the general install, but dang man, that’s some hack work on those upper mounts.

You should have dropped the suspension out of the way to install the upper bracket so you could put the self tapping screws in straight instead of angled. When you angled the screws, you made the connection to the frame weaker then it should have been. They may not ever fail, but would have been done much stronger with the bolts put in straight.

Just once I wish someone would include the jacking/cribbing sequence before getting into the uninstall/installation part of the job.

As a mechanic, I’ve never reused u-bolts and hardware. Always replace them.

Everyone. It appears that Roadmaster has either licensed the Joyrider patents or bought the company outright. The October issue of Trailer Life shows the upgraded JoyRider 2 kit installed with the kit marketed as a product of Roadmaster. Here's a link: www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Suspension/Roadmaster/RM-2460.html Please note that when Joy Rider came out in 2017, the kit pictured in this video was discontinued. The new model has improved hardware for attaching and corrects issues with the earlier 2014 version. Also the Joy Rider 2 is an upgrade that adds an axle alignment feature. Lastly, they are just now bringing to market the Liberty Rider which adds improvements to the suspension spring system. Both Liberty Rider and Joy Rider II can be installed together for optimum ride improvement. Here's a link to the Trailer Life article www.rvimprovementsystems.com/articles/TL_2016-03_Liberty_Rider.pdf

Welding makes more sense than drilling. Why to weak the frame with holes 🕳?

Great vid. Do you need to use any threadlocking compound on these bolts...i.e. at about the 6 minute mark?

Nice video .

Was that just a jack holding up that axle 4:58 and you are directly underneath it? I attended a scene where someone was doing that and the valve let go in the jack crushing him. He suffocated on his own blood. Never, ever get under anything with just a jack holding it up.

These are now called Roadmaster Comfort Ride

What do the angled drilled holes in the i beam do

Did anybody notice at the end that the spring was hitting the shock? Looked to me that a big bump would cause the spring to bend that shock.

Best practice would have been to use new safety nuts in place of OEM nuts or add lock washers to u-bolts after flat washer, and blue locktite to bold threads for extra safety. How did you decide which axle to mount shock kit to? Seems you would want shock kit on both axles not just one axle.

I might be doing the same thing next week if it helps wait a sagging front end?

Mic-key Mouse!

What is benefit of this over say a Moryde system?

holy shit....guys, don't install things you do not know how to do on your RV's. I lost count of the things done incorrectly here.

I think I'll break out my welder instead of drilling..

Why is there a high pitched squeal noice in this video

call me mr crapper, why not put nuts on the top duh