Shock adjustment
Our 97 has 110k miles on it now and when we took it over at 100k I felt that the coach was under dampened in big radius rolling bumps.
First step was to turn the front shocks from the first setting out of five to the third setting. Big difference.
I noticed that our coach's floor is damaged over all the wheels where the metal has worn through and the blue foam is visible in the rear. Hmmmmm.
So yesterday I took the coach back to the same shop and had all eight adjusted to the fourth setting stiffer.
Mechanic said he could easily compress the four rear shocks after removal. After re adjusting them the could barely compress them to remount them.
In driving the coach afterwards I can for the first time feel a downward dampening over bumps where it only had compression dampening and not enough of that before.
Dampened both ways. You can feel the more controlled ride and less body roll on cornering.
No leaks. All adjusted the same according to the mechanic. Amazing quality to be adjustable.
One more click left for the far future. 25-50k miles per adjustment is what the koni man told me long ago.
Not sure on how to repair the floor over the tires but the shop guy was surprised the internal bumpers on the air bags would allow the tires to touch the floor over the tires.
I remember reading here that the 99's had changes in the coach mounting to the chassis to prevent this contact. Any way to mod my 97 to stop any contact if the suspension bottoms out?
Something about steel washers added to the sub frame? Is there stops in the travel of the subframes separate from the air bags internal bumpers?
Thanks for any info.
Bob
Topic: Shock adjustment