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Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air [message #335133]

Sat, 14 July 2018 16:21

Mike Teets

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Registered: January 2004
Location: Dublin, OH

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My GMC has been sitting cozy in it's garage since last year since I have been spending my free time Caribbean sailing instead of land yachting. Unfortunately, the drivers side bag completely deflated as I have a slow leak somewhere. The pump wouldn't raise it. Of course that side is right against the garage wall. Only way I could get there is crawling along the floor as I didn't fit between the wall and the beltline of the coach.

I first thought it was a bad valve or switch on the system, so I removed the line from the bag and put a schrader valve on with one hand and not being able to see under the fender... Still no luck. 120 lbs of compressor wouldn't budge it. Slid a floor jack in and got a jack hook under the bogie and was able to raise it 3-4 inches. At that point, the bag would take air.

My battery is also dead, charging now so I can pull it out and get a better look at what went wrong. I am hoping that there isn't bag damage from the full deflation.

Thought I would tell the group in case anyone else has this problem. I have dash gauges on each bag. The symptom was that the pressure on that bag would go up to 100 lbs as soon as the pump turned on but the bag would not inflate.

Will keep you all posted.

Mike, GMCing since 2002
77 Palm Beach, 260, 403
Dublin, OH
http://teamteets.com/gmc/

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		Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: Mike Teets on Sat, 14 July 2018 16:21
		Re: Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: lqqkatjon on Sat, 14 July 2018 16:27
		Re: Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: lqqkatjon on Sat, 14 July 2018 16:59
		Re: Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: Mike Teets on Sat, 14 July 2018 17:53
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 14 July 2018 17:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: JShot on Sat, 14 July 2018 19:18
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: sgltrac on Sun, 15 July 2018 11:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: Mike Teets on Sun, 15 July 2018 13:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: jimk on Sun, 15 July 2018 13:45
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: sgltrac on Sun, 15 July 2018 13:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: James Hupy on Sun, 15 July 2018 13:57
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: jimk on Sun, 15 July 2018 14:18
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: Mike Teets on Sun, 15 July 2018 20:23
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: sgltrac on Sun, 15 July 2018 14:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Sully bag full deflation, wouldn't take air By: James Hupy on Sun, 15 July 2018 15:08

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