Leveling with air bags correctly
After reading forums I did what they said. I think all that I have read have been COMPLETELY wrong. I don't mean to offend anyone, and I'm sure maybe this was mentioned already buried in long string...
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S Davis wrote:
One thing you don't want to do is unload your springs with the air bags no matter what height the trucks rear is, I always load up and then set the bags so the overloads just start to engage.
^^This^^
The perfect camper/truck combo would have the COG directly over, maybe just a little in front of, the rear axle. Making very little change on the weight on the front axle.
If you're inflating the air bags attempting to bring the rear of the truck back to its unloaded height, you're likely to have way too much air in the bags and probably a good amount of sway/rocking as you drive down the road. The friction between the individual leaves in a spring pack serves to reduce the rebound and thus sway. Air bags don't do that.
My method is to inflate the bags until the suspension begins to lift off the overload springs, then let a little air out so the overloads are just engaged. Obviously that's going to be lower than the unloaded height.
