Air Springs Replaced - popping sound revisited

[rrob@...]

Chet I don't know if this will apply to your coach but my 94 was making
noises until Randy Dupree told me that the foot plate was only held on my
the two springs and that it rotated on the end of the hydraulic shaft. The
shaft has the ball end and the plate has the socket. My socket/ball had
rusted up a bit and everytime I used my jacks the socket/ball combination
made rusted metal grinding together noise including pops, bangs etc.. I
sprayed each socket with lubricant (PB Blaster) and I haven't had these
noises since. Hope this helps.

Rob Robinson
94 WLWB

Original Message:
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From: Chet Geist chetg@...
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:24:07 -0500
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Air Springs Replaced - popping sound
revisited





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

  -----Original Message-----

  From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com

[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

  > >>[url]www.millercoachworks.com
[/url]
  > >>[url]www.wanderlodge.net
[/url]
  > >>

  > >>

  > >>--- 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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