Air Springs Replaced - popping sound revisited

[Chet Geist]

Kurt,

I may be way off base with this, but I get popping sounds from the jack
retracting springs. This frequently happens when they come up slowly.

Chet Geist
1981 FC33, Austin, Texas
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[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Kurt Achenbach
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 1:15 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Air Springs Replaced - popping sound
revisited


George I hear you, but on my '83FC35 the coach is to low with the
bags dumped, for the jacks to swing down properly.

Thanks
Kurt

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, George Lowry
wrote:
> Kurt,
>
> I realize that procedure change, sometimes each year but for
our '95,
> 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
problem,
> especially since they can be intermittent.
>
> George Lowry
> '95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale)
> Spearfish, SD
>
> Kurt Achenbach wrote:
>
> >
> > Jeff, I certainly appreciate your thoughts.
> >
> > It happens when I set the jacks to retract, before having some
air in
> > the bags. Then I heared a popping in one or two of the bags as
the
> > coach started to lift. This happend only a few times, after that,
I
> > changed the start up procedure. Now when the coach rests on the
jacks
> > I make sure the dump switch is off, I start the engine and let
the
> > 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
popping.
> > I keep the coach inside a garage and will check the issue on our
next
> > outing, which unfortunately will not be until early August.
> > As allways thank you
> > Kurt
> > '38FC35SB in NH
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Miller"
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I happened to think about another possibility Kurt. Are you
hearing
> >>this after using the front leveling jacks? On the '83-up the
jacks
> >
> > will
> >
> >>usually not swing up until the airbags begin to inflate/lift the
> >
> > coach,
> >
> >>often they will swing up fast enough to hit the stop hard and
make
> >
> > a
> >
> >>fairly loud "pop" sound when they do.
> >>
> >> - Jeff Miller
> >>http://www.millercoachworks.com
> >>http://www.wanderlodge.net
> >>
> >>
> >>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Kurt Achenbach"
> >
> >
> >
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>When I drop the suspension and later reinflate, I hear a loud
> >
> > popping
> >
> >>>noise coming from the front airbags----- this leads me to
believe
> >>>they are getting pinched somehow during deflation? Is this
> >
> > anything
> >
> >>>to be concerned?
> >>>Thanks for your advise
> >>>Kurt
> >>>'83FC35SB in NH
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >




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