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[GMCnet] Ride height and air bag pressures [message #259776] Fri, 22 August 2014 14:32 Go to next message
Sergio Mora is currently offline  Sergio Mora   United States
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Thanks for all the input...I will make some 2x4 blocks and check it on as level ground as I can find 9.5 in front and 8.5 rear from bottom of frame (under the slot). got the measurements from jimK

drove it home this am and it seemed more squirely on the rear so I pulled over and let some air out...it seemed to help somewhat as the rear end went down a 1/2 inch or so.

However the rear of the coach seems to wander a bit going down the road and i constantly need to make adjustments to the steering wheel, mostly to the right i think.

kind of fishtails if you know what I mean... is this normal?

what can i do to lessen this?

im driving 300mi on tuesday and ill be beat up having to correct the coach for 5 hours +
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Re: [GMCnet] Ride height and air bag pressures [message #259778 is a reply to message #259776] Fri, 22 August 2014 14:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
A Hamilto is currently offline  A Hamilto   United States
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Sergio Mora wrote on Fri, 22 August 2014 14:32

Thanks for all the input...I will make some 2x4 blocks and check it on as level ground as I can find 9.5 in front and 8.5 rear from bottom of frame (under the slot). got the measurements from jimK

drove it home this am and it seemed more squirely on the rear so I pulled over and let some air out...it seemed to help somewhat as the rear end went down a 1/2 inch or so.

However the rear of the coach seems to wander a bit going down the road and i constantly need to make adjustments to the steering wheel, mostly to the right i think.

kind of fishtails if you know what I mean... is this normal?

what can i do to lessen this?

im driving 300mi on tuesday and ill be beat up having to correct the coach for 5 hours +
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Make those 2X4 blocks and set the ride height. If that doesn't fix the "fishtailing", you might have loose bogie pins or a bent swing arm or other rear end alignment problem. Get the ride height correct, test drive it, and report back.
Re: [GMCnet] Ride height and air bag pressures [message #259783 is a reply to message #259778] Fri, 22 August 2014 15:55 Go to previous message
Keith V is currently offline  Keith V   United States
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definitely should not be squirrely.
It should drive like a big car. Not a sports car, but two fingers and relaxed.
but everything has to be right t do that...


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