Air Springs Replaced - popping sound revisited

[George Lowry]

That explains it - mine are straight acting jacks. Well, I tried.

George Lowry
'95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale)
Spearfish, SD

Kurt Achenbach wrote:

> George I hear you, but on my '83FC35 the coach is to low with the
> bags dumped, for the jacks to swing down properly.
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> Thanks
> Kurt
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, George Lowry
> wrote:
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>>Kurt,
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>>I realize that procedure change, sometimes each year but for
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> our '95,
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>>the instructions say to dump the air pressure completely before
>>lowering the jacks and conversely, to be completely aired up before
>>retracting the jacks. Trying to find strange sounds can be a
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> problem,
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>>especially since they can be intermittent.
>>
>>George Lowry
>>'95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale)
>>Spearfish, SD
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>>Kurt Achenbach wrote:
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>>>Jeff, I certainly appreciate your thoughts.
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>>>It happens when I set the jacks to retract, before having some
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> air in
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>>>the bags. Then I heared a popping in one or two of the bags as
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> the
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>>>coach started to lift. This happend only a few times, after that,
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> I
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>>>changed the start up procedure. Now when the coach rests on the
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> jacks
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>>>I make sure the dump switch is off, I start the engine and let
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> the
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>>>air build up and after a few minutes I raise the jacks slowly,
>>>releasing the weight on to the filling bags. This way no mor
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> popping.
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>>>I keep the coach inside a garage and will check the issue on our
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> next
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>>>outing, which unfortunately will not be until early August.
>>>As allways thank you
>>>Kurt
>>>'38FC35SB in NH
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>>>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Miller"
>>> wrote:
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>>>>I happened to think about another possibility Kurt. Are you
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> hearing
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>>>>this after using the front leveling jacks? On the '83-up the
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> jacks
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>>>will
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>>>>usually not swing up until the airbags begin to inflate/lift the
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>>>coach,
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>>>>often they will swing up fast enough to hit the stop hard and
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> make
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>>>a
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>>>>fairly loud "pop" sound when they do.
>>>>
>>>>- Jeff Miller
>>>>http://www.millercoachworks.com
>>>>http://www.wanderlodge.net
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>>>>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Kurt Achenbach"
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>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>When I drop the suspension and later reinflate, I hear a loud
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>>>popping
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>>>>>noise coming from the front airbags----- this leads me to
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> believe
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>>>>>they are getting pinched somehow during deflation? Is this
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>>>anything
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>>>>>to be concerned?
>>>>>Thanks for your advise
>>>>>Kurt
>>>>>'83FC35SB in NH
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