WH Chassis ride height
Does anyone know what the ride height should be on a WH W 22 chassis? The distance from the rubber bumper in front to the frame. I looked at one this morning and the rubber bumper was resting on the...
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randallb wrote:
First I must apologize for the misinformation I posted yesterday. I last researched the Workhorse W series chassis back in 2008 when we were considering the purchase of a new HR 30SFS. My feeble mind confused the mono block front axle with the parabolic spring the W chassis uses on the front. I did , however, stumble on to some information on the "Like-Air-Spring" that most likely applies to the question of why some LAS touch the axle and the others have approximately a 1.5" gap. Workhorse equipped the chassis with a specific LAS based on axle weight capacity. The RV manufacturer could opt to change this part. It was one of the few "options" available to them when they ordered the chassis.
Now for the info on the LAS.
6500-8000# front suspensions were equipped with a white 5.196" LAS
8500# front suspensions were equipped with a gray 5.196" LAS
9000# front suspensions were equipped with a white 3.622" LAS
It is entirely possible that through a mistake in chassis construction or by RV manufacturer request that a 6500-8500# front suspension is equipped with the shorter 9000# LAS. I remember a lot of talk on this forum and on the IRV Workhorse forum, back in 2007-2008, relating to the LAS touching the springs and what is possibly wrong with this new RV's suspension. It should not be sitting on the bump stops.
Randy
And then you have the YELLOW bumper like I have on mine in the link to the picture that I posted of my W front suspension. :B
I also have the chassis guide book and it makes no mention of a yellow bumper but that is what came from the factory. Maybe they couldn't get any white or grey ones at that time. Who knows???
