Hendersons Line Up

[David Brady]

Another scenario that could excessively stress the shock
mounts (assuming they bottom before the air bag bump
stops) is releasing the HWH jacks before adding air to
the bags. In this case the coach will come down quite hard
onto the bump stops or shock mounts, whichever hits
first.

David Brady
'02 LXi, NC

David Brady wrote:
>
> Seems like not enough miles for ordinary metal fatigue
> to set in. Is there something else going on? Perhaps when
> the suspension air is dumped, the weight of the coach comes
> down on the shocks, not the bump stops. Could be that
> the Koni's are too long for the chassis/suspension, or it
> could be that the frame pick up points are woefully under-
> engineered. At this point, I think we should all go out and
> check our shock to frame mounting points for cracks.
>
> David Brady
> '02 LXi, NC
>
> Pete Masterson wrote:
> >
> > One (left front) shock mount was cracked. The coach has about 130,000
> > miles. Henderson's checked the other factors and determined that the
> > shocks did not need to be replaced.
> >
> >
>
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