Well--you guys are a lot of help I must say!! Arch thinks there is an
uknown place out in Ca. that does it, and Tom says its a piece of cake,
but its all in his head. Well I can't see inside your head (likely a
good thing), so have no idea whether it would work, look nice be
something others would go for or not. Actually I don't think necessarily
I would want to do this to my coach.But we see folks doing just about
every thing else to them and there is an element out there which is
wanting them to be bigger, so I am surprised there isn't any one doing a
slide out especially when it is becoming such a popular item in the RV
industry It would just be an upgrade thing like all the other things
that are being done. It would seem to me that if it could be done well
from both engineering and appearance points of view,it would be a neat
thing to see on someones coach. Oh well maybe someday----
On BRAKES-
There is alot of interest by some to enlarge the front calipers and the
rear cylinders, however is there any consideration being given to the
fact that this then requires more fluid from the master cylinder to fill
those items. Does the master cylinder have sufficient volume under all
conditions of heat,low fluid etc. to work properly and not have ones
brake pedal go right down to the floor? Don't know for sure but
something that should be considered.
I did some mod to my brakes and I have lost some brake pedal, so I
watch it very carefully, and as well keep my rear shoes adjusted up
properly.
To add to the "heat" re forces on rear wheels when braking----Several
years ago when helping Duane Simmons weigh the weight on each wheel of a
coach,I seem to remember that when the scales were under the two rear
wheels on a side that if the driver jammed his brakes on to stop the
coach so it stayed centered on the small individual scales, and if he
held the brakes on, that this seemed to put more weight on the mid wheel
vs. the rear wheel. If memory serves me correctly, we felt that we were
getting inacurate readings and not getting the weight that would
normally be there when travelling down the road.Now it also occurs to me
that this reading was at a stopped point with the brakes applied and not
one with the vehicle moving . I don't know if that makes a difference in
other words once one is stopped would the forces be able to equalize
back through the air bag. But like I say- I think we found we were
getting a different weight on each wheel when the brakes were locked on.
With the brakes off there should be exactly the same weight on each
wheel on an individual side. Maybe Duane would like to jump in and
either correct or affirm what my recall of that event is as there is no
point in adding to myth, although you got to admit it is a little fun at
times. At least I don't believe every thing I read on here. I only
believe my own thoughts and sometimes my wife even proves those wrong.
Oh well, such is life.
Claude in cloudy at the moment, Victoria.
uknown place out in Ca. that does it, and Tom says its a piece of cake,
but its all in his head. Well I can't see inside your head (likely a
good thing), so have no idea whether it would work, look nice be
something others would go for or not. Actually I don't think necessarily
I would want to do this to my coach.But we see folks doing just about
every thing else to them and there is an element out there which is
wanting them to be bigger, so I am surprised there isn't any one doing a
slide out especially when it is becoming such a popular item in the RV
industry It would just be an upgrade thing like all the other things
that are being done. It would seem to me that if it could be done well
from both engineering and appearance points of view,it would be a neat
thing to see on someones coach. Oh well maybe someday----
On BRAKES-
There is alot of interest by some to enlarge the front calipers and the
rear cylinders, however is there any consideration being given to the
fact that this then requires more fluid from the master cylinder to fill
those items. Does the master cylinder have sufficient volume under all
conditions of heat,low fluid etc. to work properly and not have ones
brake pedal go right down to the floor? Don't know for sure but
something that should be considered.
I did some mod to my brakes and I have lost some brake pedal, so I
watch it very carefully, and as well keep my rear shoes adjusted up
properly.
To add to the "heat" re forces on rear wheels when braking----Several
years ago when helping Duane Simmons weigh the weight on each wheel of a
coach,I seem to remember that when the scales were under the two rear
wheels on a side that if the driver jammed his brakes on to stop the
coach so it stayed centered on the small individual scales, and if he
held the brakes on, that this seemed to put more weight on the mid wheel
vs. the rear wheel. If memory serves me correctly, we felt that we were
getting inacurate readings and not getting the weight that would
normally be there when travelling down the road.Now it also occurs to me
that this reading was at a stopped point with the brakes applied and not
one with the vehicle moving . I don't know if that makes a difference in
other words once one is stopped would the forces be able to equalize
back through the air bag. But like I say- I think we found we were
getting a different weight on each wheel when the brakes were locked on.
With the brakes off there should be exactly the same weight on each
wheel on an individual side. Maybe Duane would like to jump in and
either correct or affirm what my recall of that event is as there is no
point in adding to myth, although you got to admit it is a little fun at
times. At least I don't believe every thing I read on here. I only
believe my own thoughts and sometimes my wife even proves those wrong.
Oh well, such is life.
Claude in cloudy at the moment, Victoria.
