| Re: [GMCnet] Overloading Tires [message #326142 is a reply to message #326140] |
Sat, 18 November 2017 09:57   |
bdub
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Registered: February 2004
Location: Central Texas
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Single sided spacer block? Do you mean a block that only works on one side
at a time?
I've got a block from Tom and use it to lift both bogies simultaneously.
It's a piece of Aluminum barstock 3/4 x 6 x ~2.5".
What's the problem with this? (if it's what you're referring to)
bdub
On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Ken Henderson
wrote:
> Those are undoubtedly Warner blocks -- bad juju.
>
> Leigh Harrison supplied a manifold for each side with a ball valve for it
> and another for each bag, plus a gauge and a Schrader valve. Most mounted
> that in the wheel well. I moved mine to the Generator and "Propane"
> compartments so I can reach them when the bags are down.
>
> Ken H.
>
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Rob Mueller
> wrote:
>
>> Ken,
>>
>> I did find two aluminum blocks in Double Trouble when I got it. They were
>> "witness marks" on both of them where something had "dug" into them
> pretty
>> well!
>>
>> Now I have "manifolds" on both air bags from Dave Lenzi:
>>
>> http://www.bdub.net/lenzi/index.html#AirManifold
>>
>> As you can see they have shutoff valves, tire valve stems, and gages. I
>> can shutoff the air supply and bleed the pressure out of the bags easily
>> when I have a flat tire.
>
>
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