One side higher then the other side

[5150]

yes, it was just from the frame to the ground. I'll get a measurement from the frame to the trailing arm.

[LONGHAIR]

I would have to agree with see ten in the statement about weight distribution. With a single line tee'd together, the truck can tilt toward the heavier side....but you can't ignore things that could cause any kind of travel limiting either.

I realize that it is a bit of a PITA, but can you swap bags from one side to the other?

[5150]

I don't believe that there is anything on one side of the frame that's not on the other side other then the air tank, and hell, it's on the higher side.

[5150]

okay, measured the frame to the trailing arms. The passenger side trailing arm is farther away from the frame by almost an inch compared to the driver's side.

[see ten]

Is that at full lift and at full dump? I can explain it at full lift just by the fact that you're air line is Teed and one is obviously getting more air then the other. I don't have a good explenation for it at full dump. You could swap the bags from one side to the other and see what happens.

You could always just keep a cooler full of ice and your beverage of preference in the high back corner to try and level things out??

[5150]

also, I can actually push down on the high side and it gives so it's not like it won't give at all.

[5150]

at full dump, the passenger side of the frame is just over 2 1/2 inches from the trailing arm.

The driver's side is 3 inches from the same spot on opposite side.

[FnLow69]

If you hold the dump switch will the passager side continue to air out and be level? you might have unequal length air lines....

[5150]

almost, it's not quite even, but ALOT better. The driver's side bottoms out first then the passenger side continues down a little bit farther.

[hotrodhomi]

Originally Posted by 5150

almost, it's not quite even, but ALOT better. The driver's side bottoms out first then the passenger side continues down a little bit farther.

Are you sitting in it? 3 bills can make a big difference.

[LONGHAIR]

Just because a man has $3 in his pocket?






I assumed that he was taking the pictures?

[lolife99]

Separate your rear bags.
Get rid of the tee.
One fill, one dump for each one.

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Separate your rear bags.
Get rid of the tee.
One fill, one dump for each one.

You can also add a ball valve inline. That way, you have one schrader and the bags are still isolated.

[Tony@AirRideTech]

exactly... If I had to guess you probably dont have a sway bar on it, and you are running the lines tee'd in the rear. You need to seperate those lines and add a sway bar if you dont have one. It is not uncommon for one side to take more pressure than the other to level the truck out.

[fixit-p]

I hate to state the obvious here...but have you tried putting the $3 in the other pocket and see if that helps


On a more serious note how about pulling the bag on the side thats higher when aired out if it comes down its probably the bag if not it could be a twist in the frame

[5150]

I have a sway bar on the front, but not on the back.

I think I figured out the problem. I only have two switches, front and rear. I have 4 valves up front two for each valve. I have 2 valves in the rear for both bags. The front line is tee'd off and goes to both sides before entering the valves.

After some help from csbatey we figured out that the front passenger side is also about an 1 inch higher. That is also what is causing the back to be unlevel.

Bottom line is that I'm getting two more switches and two more valves and each bag will have it's own switch and each bag will have two valves apiece.

[70k52wd]

Plug & play...You betcha.

[see ten]

You can barely see Christy's controller lying on the seat. I think you'll be immensly pleased with something like this. We generally hit the center switch for the initial lift and then fine tune the corners with their individual rockers switchs. A couple of dual needle gauges would help as well.



We've also noticed that lifting a front corner can cause a rear corner to lift with it.

Any idea of what caused that bag to fail bro???

[5150]

Any idea of what caused that bag to fail bro???

yea, apparently it was the sway bar. It sticks out about an inch from the bushing/bracket and the bag apparently been resting on it.

Can I just cut a little off of the sway bar?

[bagged74]

yeah you can trim the end with a cut-off wheel or something. just done use a torch.

[5150]

I installed the sway bar with the front end way up off the ground. I didn't install it at ride height. I'll see what it looks like at ride height before I cut anything off.

[see ten]

Just don't cut off so much that the bar slides out of the bushings when you're at full lift.

[lolife99]

Have you thought about switching to an Addco sway bar with end links?
I think you can get them thru Porterbuilt.