| Re: [GMCnet] Re: WHERE TO INSERT BLOCKING AT THE BOGIES [message #366235 is a reply to message #366234] |
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Matt Colie
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Larry wrote on Fri, 20 August 2021 08:12
I'm sorry, but I cannot picture in my pea brain what and where that 2X4 goes and why. Please explain and maybe a pic?
JimK wrote:
The two by four are mounted horizontal
Cut a 2x4 15" long and lay it on top of the boggie case and release the jack,
Since it is not going to be moving much, no need to knotch the ends a little.
Larry,
What Jim is saying is to cut a 2x4 15" long and lay it on the top of the bogie casting when the coach is jacked or aired up to a good height.
This will put it between the vertical parts of the swing arms. When the load is lowered, that piece will stop the lowering and be trapped in there. This could be a problem with many of the non-OE suspension modifications.
I like this idea, but I have never done this. In my years of moving heavy stuff, we always used blocks or cribbing under the load. So, I usually just air up the suspension and pile my shoring blocks of which I have more than a few around the barn under the bogie casting. My system is now tight enough that I have to let it down if I want it down.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
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