rdthompson1
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We had to move our rig from one end of camp to another. It did not seem like air bags filled. I showed 130# front and back but when I hit air release button nothing happened. It ran about 15 minutes total. We are 100 miles from any sizable shop. What do I do? Is there a fuse or something?
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Golden_HVAC
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Did you hit the button to unlevel the coach?
Someone mentioned that they have to drop the air bags to get their coach into the garage, the RV it about 4" to tall for the A/C to make it under the 12' door, so they line up with the door, then drop the air bags (the coach will not steer sharply either direction at that point) then pull in about 15' for the first A/C and stop, drop the air bags again (because it was filling while moving) and then pull in all the way.
If your airbags have a setting to stay in the park mode, it might be a matter of just telling the coach you don't want to be level anymore.
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pulsar
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JohnnyT
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Any help?
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Smittyy
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Did you mean that your air suspension bags did not fill or that you parking brake did not release ?
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rdthompson1
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Suspension bags for going down the road. Brakes were fine.
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When you started it did you get a low air alarm and then did it stop before you put the unit in gear. Do you even have a low air alarm?
rdthompson1 wrote:We had to move our rig from one end of camp to another. It did not seem like air bags filled. I showed 130# front and back but when I hit air release button nothing happened. It ran about 15 minutes total. We are 100 miles from any sizable shop. What do I do? Is there a fuse or something?
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What you have is common on a motorhome that has been parked and on jacks. Your ride height arms are stuck. There are a couple of things you can do to free them.
1. Start the Engine get the air pressure up as you already have done. Release the parking brake and drive forward SLOWLY and them stab the brakes HARD. Do this a few times and then do the same in reverse. That will sometimes free up the ride height arms. If succesful the coach will start to air up.
2. With the coach running extend the jacks fully and retract a few times to get the arms to free up.
3. If this is not successful, you will need to call a mobile chassis service, explain what is happening so they will hopefully send someone that knows how to manually release the ride height arms.
4. The reason you hit the air release and nothing happened is because there is no air in the bags because the ride height arms are stuck and will not allow air in the bags. Doug
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rdthompson1
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I had the usual alarm that went off after a couple minutes and pressure did build to 120 or so, but rig never lifted and extremely bumpy ride.
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I sometimes need to push the button that raises my jacks more than once to get the air bags to fill. I would try doing that first to see if it makes a difference.
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