Suspension Dump?

[Keith Strehle]

Okay since I'm full of silly but harmless questions. About the air
suspension, should I dump the suspension every time I park/shutdown or
should I leave it? And for how long? There must be a rule about that
too....

[ronmarabito2002]

I dump just about every time. On occasion, I leave it up when I am
sitting for a maximum of one day. It takes far less extension of the
jacks to level with the suspension dumped. Also insures that
everything gets exercised.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, tX 92WB40

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Strehle"
wrote:
>
> Okay since I'm full of silly but harmless questions. About the air
> suspension, should I dump the suspension every time I park/shutdown or
> should I leave it? And for how long? There must be a rule about that
> too....
>

[Pete Masterson]

I 'dump' the suspension if I'm going to use the leveling jacks.
Otherwise, I just leave it as is. It "dumps" itself after a few days
anyway.

Pete Masterson
aeonix1@...
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
El Sobrante, CA




On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Keith Strehle wrote:

> Okay since I'm full of silly but harmless questions. About the air
> suspension, should I dump the suspension every time I park/shutdown or
> should I leave it? And for how long? There must be a rule about that
> too....



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[Keith Strehle]

Okay, good information for a rookie like me. I'm gonna be moving it
around a lot to work on it so I figured that was important. Thanks...

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> I 'dump' the suspension if I'm going to use the leveling jacks.
> Otherwise, I just leave it as is. It "dumps" itself after a few
days
> anyway.
>
> Pete Masterson
> aeonix1@...
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
> El Sobrante, CA
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Keith Strehle wrote:
>
> > Okay since I'm full of silly but harmless questions. About the
air
> > suspension, should I dump the suspension every time I
park/shutdown or
> > should I leave it? And for how long? There must be a rule about
that
> > too....
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[Gregory OConnor]

Keith, I dump when I park for more than a day. On my PT it is
important to turn the wheels forward as to not drop the bus in the
wheel flares. When you think about it the bags should only last as
long as tires anyway.

There are few rules and many opinions. I post my opinions.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCA

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Strehle"
wrote:
>
> Okay since I'm full of silly but harmless questions. About the air
> suspension, should I dump the suspension every time I park/shutdown
or
> should I leave it? And for how long? There must be a rule about
that
> too....
>

[Leroy Eckert]

From time to time you can make your own rules. Personally, I regularly
exercise my jack system for lubrication purposes! I rarely use the jacks,
typically where the site is not particularly good, and in those rare cases it is
the front jacks. I use my aux air pump to keep the air up. You may not have an
aux pump, I don't know.

This is another case where I do things differently. It has worked for me.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL





----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Strehle
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:06 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Suspension Dump?


Okay since I'm full of silly but harmless questions. About the air
suspension, should I dump the suspension every time I park/shutdown or
should I leave it? And for how long? There must be a rule about that
too....





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[gaf42]

Inside the air bags are bumpers to prevent damage to bags when
dumped. If you are level enough for reefer etc. you wont hurt anything
by dumping suspension without jacks, on our BB jacks don't have room
to lower after susp. is dumped. In my owners manual, it says you can
drive with no air in bags to reach a place to have any problems taken
care of. i just bought new front and drive axle bags and fronts were
slow to get here, back ordered from Firestone, drive and tag axle bags
were readily available from my supplier. My fronts went down and
until I hit a speed bump in a parking lot, I was unaware they were down.
George Frazer
85PT40


.--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Strehle"
wrote:
>
> Okay, good information for a rookie like me. I'm gonna be moving it
> around a lot to work on it so I figured that was important. Thanks...
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
> wrote:
> >
> > I 'dump' the suspension if I'm going to use the leveling jacks.
> > Otherwise, I just leave it as is. It "dumps" itself after a few
> days
> > anyway.
> >
> > Pete Masterson
> > aeonix1@
> > '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
> > El Sobrante, CA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Keith Strehle wrote:
> >
> > > Okay since I'm full of silly but harmless questions. About the
> air
> > > suspension, should I dump the suspension every time I
> park/shutdown or
> > > should I leave it? And for how long? There must be a rule about
> that
> > > too....
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>