Air Lift Air Leveling

[wkpoor]

Kit came today. I'm wondering about the independent fill lines. The way I use my van seems I would want them tied together. I was told NAPA had the lines and fittings for this stuff. Mine came from Summit too. If I end up putting on a compressor it will be inside the van. But I think I'll use them awhile to first see how much I fiddle with them or just find a pressure that works for most times.

 

[GATC35]

With the dual panel you can control each side independently. If you want to make sure they are completely equal turn off the compressor and inflate and deflate until the desired pressure is reached. For example if you want 30 psi in both bags inflate them until no air is moving, you can here this very easily, and both needles on the gauge will stop moving. One will be positioned exactly over the other one. (It's one gauge with two needles) So if you now read 50 psi bleed air off both sides and repeat procedure. With both valves open the air in both bags and the tank will all be equal. With the compressor off it will not inflate the bags to a higher pressure. So keep bleeding and equalizing until you have the desired pressure. This sounds complicated in reality it takes less than a minute.

 

[CurlyDave]

Why would you want them exactly even?

With my fat posterior always on the left side, I want about 2 psi more in that one.

 

[wkpoor]

Why would you want them exactly even?

Cause I'm installing bags for towing reasons. That load is dead on the center. With all the gear in the back who knows what the side to side is but that 3500 doesn't care about that anyway. I'm wanting to level out the approx 2" sag I get from 1000-1400lb tongue load. Plus I probably have another 1000 in the cargo area.

 

[GATC35]

pics

Dang..my truck is dirty.

 

[Builder]

That pretty little pump & tank would be a pile of rust up here after a few winters & salt.

 

[GATC35]

That's why I live in Georgia.

What is that BEAST in your avatar? That thing has to weight 18K lbs.

 

[wkpoor]

That's why I live in Georgia.

Vehicles do stay nice down there but the humidity and heat is just too much for me. I gots to stay cool.
A friend of mine had them on a truck and said he found a happy medium on pressure and just left it there all the time. Guess I'll find out soon enough if I want the whole shebang or can live with a squirt or 2 now and then.

 

[Skyco]

Kit came today. I'm wondering about the independent fill lines. The way I use my van seems I would want them tied together.

If you tee them together you'll increase sway in a corner, the side with the heavier load expels air pressure into the light side lifting it even more.

 

[Skyco]

Why would you want them exactly even?

With my fat posterior always on the left side, I want about 2 psi more in that one.

I first put airbags on my F350 years ago when I had a large slide in camper. Most campers have all the appliances (extra weight) on the left/drivers side making the truck sit unlevel. The air bags are used to not only level front to rear but side to side.