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Technical Support / Re: HWH Leveling

« Last post by Michael Turnipseed on Today at 01:18:18 AM »

I will look was in there today but I’ll check it out
Thanks

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Technical Support / Re: HWH Leveling

« Last post by Richard Davis on Today at 01:08:36 AM »

The HWH air leveling systems have a "Reset" button located somewhere.  My '06 coach has the "Reset" button located in the FRB (Front Run Bay) along with the IN/OUT button for the Genset slide.  If you do not know where yours is located, I recommend you go looking for it.  A press of the reset button resets the electronics to the HWH system.
Richard

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Technical Support / HWH Leveling

« Last post by Michael Turnipseed on Today at 12:45:14 AM »

Moving the coach today, everything went fine got travel right away, used air up to clear bottom of drive way , after release of air up button never got my travel light again.
Bus seems to be properly aired up, but with out travel light and with air level dash light.
Checked all fuses all good will try unplugging control board. Any suggestions on the road Wednesday

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Technical Support / Re: Front Trac Bar removal and replacement?

« Last post by Carl Boger on December 02, 2024, 05:12:16 PM »

Thank You again Eric!

I somehow missed your article when I tried to research this.  I ordered the 3 piece torque rod so it looks like I have some welding to do as well as some crawling around under the Motorhome.  I have to think that this will help with the handling as it recently seems to have loosened up a little. 

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Technical Support / Re: Front Trac Bar removal and replacement?

« Last post by Eric Maclean on December 02, 2024, 03:54:14 AM »

Carl
The track bars both front and rear of the front H frame are spherical ball type rods there are no bushings the bars where drop forged and the ball ends where hydraulically  swaged in place the same as a the four link bars / torque rods on the sides of the H frame.
I have not changed out that one on my coach as I have an aquahot which would have to be removed to get the passenger end bolt out
But looking at mine I believe there are two bolts at either end above the propane tank side by side which hold the tank in place and If you remove the forward bolt from both ends of the tank I believe the tank can be swung towards the rear of the coach just far enough to get the drivers side track bar bolt out.
As for the track bar replacement check out the common problems section in coach assist and you will find an article I wrote on the repair and replacement of the torque rods as well as part numbers and links to suppliers for both the front and rear bars

Hope this helps
Eric

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Technical Support / Front Trac Bar removal and replacement?

« Last post by Carl Boger on December 01, 2024, 06:25:33 PM »

I am looking for any insights on how to change out the bushings and how to remove the front trac bar on my 98 Patriot.

The bushings are shot and the bar will rotate easily by hand as well as move up and down slightly on the passengers  side.  The bushings seem to be around a ball type of insert that fits in about a one inch bolt.

To complicate things even more the propane tank is in the way of removing the bolt on the drivers side.  The bolt on the passengers side is located up against the compartment that holds the hurricane heater, but it has a hole cut in that compartment so that bolt can be removed.

I believe that the drivers side bolt could be cut off with a grinder and then removed.  A new bolt could be put back in from the opposite direction, but it would have to be cut short enough not to hit the propane tank.

I will also need to put 2 bottle jacks on the lower frame to raise the upper frame enough to allow the 2 bolts to clear.

Does anyone know what type of bushings or inserts are inside the track bar?  Size?   Bolt size?  A source to buy them?

Does anyone else have a better method to remove the bar?  I am not looking forward to this one and would like to have all the pieces available when I start.

Thanks in advance for any help

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Technical Support / Re: Driver's Seat Recline-Lever jammed

« Last post by Eric Maclean on November 30, 2024, 09:16:23 PM »

Jack and Fred
Try these people their very well versed in flexsteel chairs but if I'm not mistaken Beaver used Somerville seats

https://bauerrvupholstery.com/

Or here for parts

https://www.coachsupplydirect.com/rv-products/rv-seating-parts/

Hope this helps
Eric

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Technical Support / Re: Driver's Seat Recline-Lever jammed

« Last post by Fred Cook on November 30, 2024, 03:25:33 PM »

Yep, tried all that. Also removed the handle hoping there might be a screw access to release the spline in order to reset it but there was not. One would think it would be an easy solution but it certainly is not. I had hoped someone else may have had the same problem and could point me in the right direction. I will have another look at the documentation you mentioned above.

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Technical Support / Re: Driver's Seat Recline-Lever jammed

« Last post by Steve Huber Co-Admin on November 30, 2024, 01:53:00 PM »

Gentlemen,
I assume your chairs are Flexsteel units and the back recline function is mechanical. If so, either the handle to shaft attachment is faulty (broken or loose) or the mechanism or back itself is jammed. If jammed, you may be able to get it to function again by moving the back back and forth as much as possible with one hand while working the lever with the other hand, If no joy, you will probably need to remove the chair so you can access the mechanism to see where it is jammed. There is quite a bit of info on the web by searching Flexsteel troubleshooting, etc
Steve

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Technical Support / Re: Driver's Seat Recline-Lever jammed

« Last post by Fred Cook on November 30, 2024, 01:24:12 PM »

My driver seat jammed about 3 years ago and is still jammed. Luckily it jammed at my normal recline position but I would still like for it to work. I asked for help on this forum but was not able to get a viable solution. So, I took the chair off its pedestal to try fixing it but never could figure it out. So now I’m thinking about getting some new chairs. Hope you have some success.