03-12-2015, 06:24 AM
I'm curious about the air hose that the tire rubbed through. Can you be more specific about where that was?
I had a RHCV fail right after I bought my '93. The coach settled with the aluminum siding edge (that is hidden by the fiberglass fender flair) rubbing on the left rear drive tire , rubbing another tread line around the tire and burning the paint off of the aluminum siding above the fender flair. I did a roadside repair by re-routing the air lines at the solenoid block in the engine compartment.
I was disappointed that Newell did not allow proper clearance for such an occurrence such as a frame mounted bump stop to limit the body from dropping so low. Since then I think I heard that some air bags have "stops" built into them and maybe my coach was retrofitted with improper air bags in the past.
I would like to prevent coach damage from air bag or RHCV failure in the future but am not sure of what to do to prevent it.
I had a RHCV fail right after I bought my '93. The coach settled with the aluminum siding edge (that is hidden by the fiberglass fender flair) rubbing on the left rear drive tire , rubbing another tread line around the tire and burning the paint off of the aluminum siding above the fender flair. I did a roadside repair by re-routing the air lines at the solenoid block in the engine compartment.
I was disappointed that Newell did not allow proper clearance for such an occurrence such as a frame mounted bump stop to limit the body from dropping so low. Since then I think I heard that some air bags have "stops" built into them and maybe my coach was retrofitted with improper air bags in the past.
I would like to prevent coach damage from air bag or RHCV failure in the future but am not sure of what to do to prevent it.
1993 Newell (316) 45' 8V92,towing an Imperial open trailer or RnR custom built enclosed trailer. FMCA#232958 '67 Airstream Overlander 27' '67GTO,'76TransAm,'52Chevy panel, 2000 Corvette "Lingenfelter"modified, '23 Grand Cherokee.