Hendersons Line Up

[David Brady]

On my LXi, the original spec was for firestone air bags
and monroe shocks. The ridewell suspension was installed
and jounce and rebound travel was spec-ed with the
firestone air bags and monroe shocks; i.e, the air bag
bump stops limit jounce and the fully extended shock
limits rebound travel. Well, firestone air bags gave way
to goodyear, and monroe shocks gave way to koni's.
Turns out the goodyear air bags give more suspension
up-travel before the bump stops hit plus the koni shocks
are longer in the fully collapsed position. In addition, the
rubber bump stops yield upon impact. This all adds up
to a shock that gets real close to bottoming before the
bump stops hit, or during bump stop deflection (when
releasing the HWH jacks for instance). With the firestone
and monroe combo things were already tight. We need
to watch this, cause I've heard of quite a few owners
who have had problems with shock mounts ripping out.

David Brady
'02 LXi, NC

Pete Masterson wrote:
>
> That's an interesting idea... and might be a possibility as I've
> noticed that the coach comes off the jacks fairly rapidly. I'll make
> my procedure to 'air up' before raising the jacks. I usually need the
> air pressure for the waste water dump valves anyway as that's a 'last
> thing' before departure from most places where I've used the jacks.
>
> The technician at Henderson's didn't speculate on the possible cause
> of the break (after considering that the shock might have been too
> short). The failure was pretty obvious, so I'd think that it would
> have been noticed when the current shocks were installed. I don't
> know if there's something different about the left vs. right side ...
> the right side didn't show any signs of fatigue.
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> El Sobrante CA
> aeonix1@...
>
>



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