| [GMCnet] BLOW OUT WITH ONE TON [message #270276] |
Fri, 23 January 2015 21:37 |
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Hi Karen,
Jack on anything you can in the center rear like a hitch that will hold the weight. Lift the rear to proper ride height and deflate both bags. Now measure front ride height and adjust to factory spec. At this point you can infer whether you are weight imbalanced or not. You won't be able to tell the difference between weight imbalance and different strength torsion bars but that is less likely so go ahead and shift weight to readjust front ride height to be proper with both pork chops at the same place, all this time with the bags deflated and the rear held at proper ride height by the jack. Once the front is set, reinflate the rear bags, adjust pressure to achieve factory ride height without the Jack and you will be close. It one bag takes more air pressure than the other to get to proper ride height, then move weight in the rear to even them out.
Once the rears are set, recheck the front. You should be close without the need for scales. Wait for a rally when scales will be present and check again. Not to hard and you will remove most of the rear influencing front issues using this technique.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
http://jerrywork.com
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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:15:14 -0700
From: KB
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] BLOW OUT WITH ONE TON
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bwevers wrote on Fri, 23 January 2015 10:56
> Karen,
> Can you jack up the rear of the coach in the middle to see if the front wheels are loaded equally?
> Regards,
> Bill
Don't think I understand how that would work. And is there a center jack point in back?
I thought it could only be lifted from the side frames at the bogies.
Might have to beg/borrow some scales, but then still wouldn't know how to fix an imbalance.
Is this something a good alignment shop could determine?
thanks,
Karen
1975 26'
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