Our Maiden Voyage

[Dave5Cs]

 Brian,

Nope still have the air beams and double convoluted air bags fairly new ones also. They are not plated. I did notice the fronts were st at 40lbs and Today I changed that and pumped them u to 60lbs to even out the Bus. The front I noticed was lower by almost 5 inches so now it is at lease even front to back. Front tires are now at 85 which they were before and backs are at 95. I will take it out sometime this week to see if it has changed the front ride. According to the tire load chart they should be at 80 to 85 lbs. I did say the front tires were Mich's but they are actually Bridgestones new ( My Bad Sorry).

Dave

[bevans6]

I use the stock levelling arrangement, and the front springs are tied together side to side, so I have no idea how much actual pressure is in there.  What i would do in your case is set the height once using the factory measurements, which are based on height above the bump stops on the axle, check the chassis height on the outside somewhere easy to measure, and use that.  Somewhere between 40 PSI and 60 PSI jives with what I have heard from people who have disconnected the stock levelling system.  If your ride height was too low you could have been getting into the bump stops, which would make for a tough ride.

Brian

[PP]

If the front was riding 5 inches lower than the rear, Brian might be right and you might have been hitting the bump stops which can jar a person right out of their seat. Good luck, Will

[Dave5Cs]

Brian/ Will

Yep I think it was hitting the bump stops. I Pulled the dash panel out this morning because after pumping up the front to level the coach to book specs at 60 lbs with the ride rites. Found that over night the coach was leaning to the left side and aired down again. I heard a leak when I pump it back up with air compressor. I found that 2 of the valves wee leaking when I sprayed them with soap. I looked at the PO's configuration of rats nest ir lines and they had the fronts hooked to a tee in the front bay and then the backs were hook to incoming air but the down lines were not hooked to the air beams. They just go to the back and are ready but were never hooked up? There were 3 tee's in the dash with hoses all going to the 2 front valves. So for now I took out all the tee's except for 1 on the incoming air and ran that to the 2 valves on the dash ride rite plus the other 2 gauges I just disconnected for now because they really were never hoked to anything anyway,(Some people Kids eh?) With no leaks now and 60 lbs in front and back and 85 lbs in the tires it rides much smoother like it should.

Now all I have to do is water the 6V71 and in a week it should turn into a 8V-92 TA right, LOL
Thanks for all the help guys,

Dave

[PP]

Dave, FWIW, Detroits don't like water! Feed them oil, lots and lots of oil and they grow to be big and strong.  Of course, not just any oil, but oil containing the right supplements (CF-2) 
Glad to hear the ride has improved, Will

[BG6]

Thanks for the info.  have been running them at 100lbs as suggested in Manuals but will try 85 r 90 and see if it improves.

DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT change your tire pressures until you AXLE-weigh the coach.  Once you know what is on each axle, then you can work the charts to find the right pressure for the make and model of tire you have (email the company's support line for a copy of the load-pressure chart). 

Just dumping a few pounds of pressure is a really quick way to tire failure on the road, and we can pretty much figure that no matter how rock-hard the tire is, it's still softer than the rim will be.

[Dave5Cs]

BG6,

Thanks for the advice , but until we get the coach finished and get the new tires for the back we only drive around the block(3-5 miles) locally testing it out. I have already downloaded the Load charts from tires website and when I get the other 2 tires I will have my tire guy weigh the axles and then decide what we should run in them. I didn't change them they wee at 80 - 85 when I bought it. PO says that was what he ran in them for years also.
Thanks again,
Dave