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Ride height valves

Just curious do all Foretravel only have one ride heights valve on the front Axle
John Patrick
2002 U270

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Reply #1
Don't know about all of them but my 2001 U270 had only 1 on the front.        ^.^d
Ted & Karen
2001 U270 36' - sold after 12 years full timing

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Only one on all of them on the front.
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Just curious do all Foretravel only have one ride height valve on the front Axle?
AFAIK the answer is "Yes" IF the coach is built on a FOT factory built chassis, and IF the coach has 8 air bags.

Does not apply to very early models (chassis built by Dodge, Chevy, Oshkosh, etc.)

Late model Foretravel coaches built on SOB chassis - I don't know anything about their suspension setup.
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Coaches with IFS are likely to be different as well-- never been under one.
Brett Wolfe
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Weird story.  Long ago met mr Neway.  The ride height valve guy.

He looked at the chassis air system drawing and shook his head.

"This is backwards.  This is a trailer design."

What?  He said the two valves are supposed to be in front. 

Too many units built to change them.  Liability.

Some busses have/had 4 ride height valves.  Have to be careful you are not pushing up from opposite corners.

Front corners and quick acting units corrects for long radius turns body roll.

Or you can move the airbags out to the edges and double the number of bags for better ride quality

Took a unihome on a dry lake bed in a road speed large radius turn for a few miles and it straightened up. 

Ask me sometimes about our "hair" test we came up with on giant dry lake beds

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Bob
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