| [GMCnet] Re: WHERE TO INSERT BLOCKING AT THE BOGIES [message #366238 is a reply to message #366235] |
Fri, 20 August 2021 10:36  |
Ken Henderson
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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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I've got 2 pieces of 6"x6" cut to the height beneath the normal bogie
height. A cabinet handle on each makes it easy to maneuver. When I
installed the Manny Reaction Arms, the center pivot mounting bolt
interfered with those blocks until I cut a bolt-head-width slot across the
top of each. I've never been able to stop ALL my leaks, so those blocks
always go under when I'm parking for a long time.
Ken H.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 9:01 AM Matt Colie wrote:
> 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
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