HORRIBLE ride.

[Smitty77]

Yep, sounds like Wagon Wheel Ride... HWH? Green light in park, and not 'when you are in Drive'?

I do not know your coaches HWH system. Ours, 04 Allure, we have manually activate Level when coming into a park. (And it does the stuff that HWH does to fine level! Red Lights on off level sides/corners - until, well level!.)

When getting ready to leave, after starting engine and monitoring error pressure levels. I also hit the 'Travel' mode. This light, on my system, green light blinks until the coach is in travel mode settings - then solid green...

Suggestions:
-Start coach
-Let fast idle until air gauges are good
-Activate 'Travel' mode on HWH
-Observe until you see Travel Mode light is Solid Green
-Then go outside an check your Front tire gap from top of tire, to bottom of fender flair. Our 04 Allure 40', is approximately 2 1/2 - 3" gap.

You could have a failed Front Air Level Sensor gone bad, and the Front Air bags are not riding where they should....

Best of luck. And please close the loop and let us know what you find out!!
Smitty

[courtjester]

Originally Posted by IASM

Recently, and suddenly, the ride on our 05 Inspire has just gone to [moderator edit]. We hit the tiniest divot/bump/lump or nickle sitting in the road and both front and back suspensions bang so hard your teeth rattle.


This seems odd. It implies the system was working. Shocks slow the speed of travel so not likely they got stiff. The only thing that would cause your description is the coach riding on the travel stops or near the stops. This is all controlled by ride height or the air system for the bags. Do you have the ride height specs??

I do not have the specs, but will get them. I've spoken to a couple more folks and am leaning more and more towards the ride height valve, so will confirm. I know Kevin has them in stock, but I also know I can get them at Napa if I can find the part number. Seems odd that more than one of them would go out at the same time. I'm going to measure some things this am. Once again, thanks all for the help.

[IASM]

If anyone needs the specs for all suspensions i have them but the file is to large to post on this site. PM your email and i will send.

[courtjester]

Update. After crawling around for a while, I have honed in on the right rear ride height valve. I moved the bus to a flat spot and noticed a list. Taking a look, the right rear air bag was flat. I'm still a little perplexed, because the obvious list (about 3 inches side to side) was not there last time I looked. Its hard to know the status of the other two valves, but being a belt/suspender kind of guy, I may replace all three. This stuff makes my head hurt. I've got a call in to Kevin to get his take on it and have him send over the valve(s). I know they can be had locally, and perhaps at a lesser price, but Kevin is a wealth of help and I try and support him when I can. We'll see.

[IASM]

Originally Posted by courtjester

Update. After crawling around for a while, I have honed in on the right rear ride height valve. I moved the bus to a flat spot and noticed a list. Taking a look, the right rear air bag was flat. I'm still a little perplexed, because the obvious list (about 3 inches side to side) was not there last time I looked. Its hard to know the status of the other two valves, but being a belt/suspender kind of guy, I may replace all three. This stuff makes my head hurt. I've got a call in to Kevin to get his take on it and have him send over the valve(s). I know they can be had locally, and perhaps at a lesser price, but Kevin is a wealth of help and I try and support him when I can. We'll see.

Di you try to move the linkage to see if the valve was working? Is your tag in the down position and aired up? I have seen situations where the tag lift action causes a locking of the drive axle bags. You should have a spare and if you have a jack and can pull the wheels of the drivers its an easy swap.