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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328877] Tue, 06 February 2018 11:42 Go to next message
BobDunahugh is currently offline  BobDunahugh   United States
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I've always traveled with the stock bags turned off at the bags. For the quad bag system now. I turn the supply line off from the compressor. The only time I've ever turned any bags on is when parking for the night. There's no reason to have the compressor line on. The burned GMC bags stayed up for the 19 months that it was being taken apart. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328895 is a reply to message #328877] Tue, 06 February 2018 18:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BobDunahugh is currently offline  BobDunahugh   United States
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Travel hold is to allow the compressor to replace air lose while driving. I haven't turned my bags on to add air in them for over a year. Plus I have to run with my back suspension about two inches higher then GM called for. Don't have a choice on that. Bob Dunahugh


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Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:42 AM
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Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension


I've always traveled with the stock bags turned off at the bags. For the quad bag system now. I turn the supply line off from the compressor. The only time I've ever turned any bags on is when parking for the night. There's no reason to have the compressor line on. The burned GMC bags stayed up for the 19 months that it was being taken apart. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328896 is a reply to message #328895] Tue, 06 February 2018 19:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mike Kelley is currently offline  Mike Kelley   United States
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Hey Bob D.:
Why do you "have" to run w/ rear 2" higher? Just curious!
Mike/The Corvair a holic
And don't tell me - so Linda's chair does not roll backward!

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> On Feb 6, 2018, at 6:30 PM, Bob Dunahugh wrote:
>
> Travel hold is to allow the compressor to replace air lose while driving. I haven't turned my bags on to add air in them for over a year. Plus I have to run with my back suspension about two inches higher then GM called for. Don't have a choice on that. Bob Dunahugh
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bob Dunahugh
> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:42 AM
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension
>
>
> I've always traveled with the stock bags turned off at the bags. For the quad bag system now. I turn the supply line off from the compressor. The only time I've ever turned any bags on is when parking for the night. There's no reason to have the compressor line on. The burned GMC bags stayed up for the 19 months that it was being taken apart. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328897 is a reply to message #328896] Tue, 06 February 2018 20:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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Ramp brackets, I'll bet.
Jim Hupy

On Feb 6, 2018 5:37 PM, "Mike Kelley" wrote:

> Hey Bob D.:
> Why do you "have" to run w/ rear 2" higher? Just curious!
> Mike/The Corvair a holic
> And don't tell me - so Linda's chair does not roll backward!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 6, 2018, at 6:30 PM, Bob Dunahugh wrote:
>>
>> Travel hold is to allow the compressor to replace air lose while
> driving. I haven't turned my bags on to add air in them for over a year.
> Plus I have to run with my back suspension about two inches higher then GM
> called for. Don't have a choice on that. Bob Dunahugh
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Bob Dunahugh
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:42 AM
>> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
>> Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension
>>
>>
>> I've always traveled with the stock bags turned off at the bags. For
> the quad bag system now. I turn the supply line off from the compressor.
> The only time I've ever turned any bags on is when parking for the night.
> There's no reason to have the compressor line on. The burned GMC bags
> stayed up for the 19 months that it was being taken apart. Bob Dunahugh
> 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328898 is a reply to message #328897] Tue, 06 February 2018 20:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mike Kelley is currently offline  Mike Kelley   United States
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Jim H.:
You are probably rite - I should have thought of that!
Mike/The Corvair a holic

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> On Feb 6, 2018, at 8:10 PM, James Hupy wrote:
>
> Ramp brackets, I'll bet.
> Jim Hupy
>
>> On Feb 6, 2018 5:37 PM, "Mike Kelley" wrote:
>>
>> Hey Bob D.:
>> Why do you "have" to run w/ rear 2" higher? Just curious!
>> Mike/The Corvair a holic
>> And don't tell me - so Linda's chair does not roll backward!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Feb 6, 2018, at 6:30 PM, Bob Dunahugh wrote:
>>>
>>> Travel hold is to allow the compressor to replace air lose while
>> driving. I haven't turned my bags on to add air in them for over a year.
>> Plus I have to run with my back suspension about two inches higher then GM
>> called for. Don't have a choice on that. Bob Dunahugh
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Bob Dunahugh
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:42 AM
>>> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
>>> Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension
>>>
>>>
>>> I've always traveled with the stock bags turned off at the bags. For
>> the quad bag system now. I turn the supply line off from the compressor.
>> The only time I've ever turned any bags on is when parking for the night.
>> There's no reason to have the compressor line on. The burned GMC bags
>> stayed up for the 19 months that it was being taken apart. Bob Dunahugh
>> 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328904 is a reply to message #328895] Tue, 06 February 2018 22:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BobDunahugh is currently offline  BobDunahugh   United States
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Sorry Mike. Jim gets the banana. The handicap wheelchair ramp support hangs down 5 and a half inches below the frame. Been using it ever since 2011. And haven't riped it off yet. Came close when I hit a 200 pound pig on Interstate 74 in 2016. Bob Dunahugh

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From: Bob Dunahugh
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 6:30 PM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension


Travel hold is to allow the compressor to replace air lose while driving. I haven't turned my bags on to add air in them for over a year. Plus I have to run with my back suspension about two inches higher then GM called for. Don't have a choice on that. Bob Dunahugh


________________________________
From: Bob Dunahugh
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:42 AM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension


I've always traveled with the stock bags turned off at the bags. For the quad bag system now. I turn the supply line off from the compressor. The only time I've ever turned any bags on is when parking for the night. There's no reason to have the compressor line on. The burned GMC bags stayed up for the 19 months that it was being taken apart. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328907 is a reply to message #328904] Tue, 06 February 2018 23:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jimk is currently offline  jimk   United States
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We copied and implemented the external ball valve assembly in our Quadra
bag from the late Lee Harrison's 4 Bagger unit.
If you use it, it will hold the air in the bags. Now if your not
maintaining the system and letting it leake from the bags to the manifoild,
then thats your choice.
That is the main reason I implemented the 6 Ball valves on the Quadra Bag
System. If you do not take advantage of the feature, then your missing out.
We also use the all brass DOT approved air fitting to avoid leaks. (DOT is
Department Of Transportation, used on all the big rigs that haul loads
across our country.)

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Bob Dunahugh wrote:

>
> Sorry Mike. Jim gets the banana. The handicap wheelchair ramp support
> hangs down 5 and a half inches below the frame. Been using it ever since
> 2011. And haven't riped it off yet. Came close when I hit a 200 pound pig
> on Interstate 74 in 2016. Bob Dunahugh
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bob Dunahugh
> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 6:30 PM
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension
>
>
> Travel hold is to allow the compressor to replace air lose while driving.
> I haven't turned my bags on to add air in them for over a year. Plus I have
> to run with my back suspension about two inches higher then GM called for.
> Don't have a choice on that. Bob Dunahugh
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bob Dunahugh
> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:42 AM
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension
>
>
> I've always traveled with the stock bags turned off at the bags. For the
> quad bag system now. I turn the supply line off from the compressor. The
> only time I've ever turned any bags on is when parking for the night.
> There's no reason to have the compressor line on. The burned GMC bags
> stayed up for the 19 months that it was being taken apart. Bob Dunahugh
> 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328938 is a reply to message #328877] Wed, 07 February 2018 22:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BobDunahugh is currently offline  BobDunahugh   United States
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Ken Burton. Yes. You sent out what I was thinking of saying. My quad bag system never go's down. Thanks Jim K for supplying the Quad bag as it is. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale


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From: Bob Dunahugh
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:42 AM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: RE: Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension


I've always traveled with the stock bags turned off at the bags. For the quad bag system now. I turn the supply line off from the compressor. The only time I've ever turned any bags on is when parking for the night. There's no reason to have the compressor line on. The burned GMC bags stayed up for the 19 months that it was being taken apart. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Required air pressure for quad bag rear suspension [message #328941 is a reply to message #328938] Thu, 08 February 2018 00:32 Go to previous message
Ken Burton is currently offline  Ken Burton   United States
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I guess my point is that the bags on that thing have to be much newer than my OEM bags. Jim is not in the habit of supplying junk so I assume that the bags are OK. If not then replace the bad one.

OP never stated that they were not OK so we are down to his original request which I think is how to inflate and keep them inflated for a 400 mile tow. I calculate that to be 8 to 12 hours. Jim K. answered that question and stated to turn off the valves after they were at the desired height.

So why not just air them up and let them sit for 12 hours or so. If they do not go down then proceed with the tow. If they do go down then air them up again and start spraying the connections and bags with soap and find the bubbles.


Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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