Rear Squat on Air Suspension

[dochummer]

So, I ran into the garage again . I left the tire carrier open, and backed up. Fortunately, I only had to replace one section of the garage door track, and a screw on the tire carrier (of course, I had to drill it out, then put a new one in, and broke that too, so...) So I ended up taking the carrier off so I could work on getting the broken screw out. When I did so, I noticed that the truck sat about an 1" higher...and it actually looked perfect! Then, I started the truck up and it self-leveled....I'm back at the original measurements . Is there a way to retrain the air suspension?

[kacyk]

I know this is a an old and tired thread but Bellevue Hummer flat out refused to address the front clearance issue on my wife's yellow H2, stating that it complied with factory specs. Ironically the bastards made torsion adjustments to my pewter H2 but I guess this is a different day.

Anyway, I did come across McGaughy's spindles that would safely drop the front about 2 inches. The question is, will my 35/12.50-18 wheels rub? Any thoughts?

BTW - I only want to drop the front and the fender to tire "gap" is about 1.75 inches greater in the front of the truck so a 2" drop would just level it out. Not sure why but the gap does not look as bad in this pic.

[kacyk]

Never mind, I bought a 18 MM socket and adjusted the torsion bars myself. It's level now.

[dochummer]

How about some "after" pics

[kacyk]

Everything measures out at 8 inches now. I may go a tad lower in the front but I haven't decided. I'll send you a pic once I get back from Leavenworth. Did you make the torsion adjustment as well?

[dochummer]

Not yet... I haven't decided what I want to do about it yet.... Sometimes, when it's parked on the street it looks fine...other times, it doesn't. Once I find a perfectly level area, then I'll re-measure everything....

The squat is the only thing I have left to figure out...just got the steering wheel half-shaft? replaced last week...

Is leavenworth where they are having the next HH for the seattle area? I can't remember off the top of my head...I know it's in Oct.

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by kacyk:
Never mind, I bought a 18 MM socket and adjusted the torsion bars myself. It's level now. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

It is my firm belief that when an H2 is sitting perfectly level, the fender gap in the front is taller than the fender gap in the rear. It's made that way, whether the looks are appealiing or not.

I just wanted to throw that out there to avoid confusion about someone saying the truck is level, when in fact they mean the fender gaps are the same. IMO, they are mutually exclusive measurements.

-Pete