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rearend floats

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FullSizeRST   +1y
i just finnished the install of kp components 4 link with cantilever setup when i gas it the rear end just drops when i go in revers rearend goes up ...i was trouble shooting and i was playing with the front bags then i noticed the rear of the truck had whent down i dont understand the rear bags hold air and when i dump the rear just the air from the bags come out it seems like the air in the rear bags when filled the air is floating in and out of the tank????in the air lines this is only in the rear the front is fine do i have a bad valve in the rear??
beyond static   +1y
the air in your bags cannot be higher than the air in your airtank, unless you have check valves. If you have the back end aired up, play with the front, which lowers the tank pressure, the air from the back bags will transfer to the airtank, equalizing pressure.
FullSizeRST   +1y
easy enough but why when i do the opposite the front doesnt drop i though the valves whould let air in and then hold it

hell yea man see ya at the coast im trying to get every thing done intime

thanks for ya help
FullSizeRST   +1y
i just swiched the valves around and it does the saim thing tomorrow ill order some check valves but could it be my rear shocks??? i can lay on the ground with the truck all the way up and pull down on the bed and it just floats i cant explain it
FullSizeRST   +1y
bump

yesterday i put the check valves in and it still did it so i decided to put my stock shocks on and it was probley 40 % less so know i think im ganna have to put some got adjustable shocks on know what do yall think??
FullSizeRST   +1y
got-----good
unusualfabrication   +1y
Edited: 6/2/2007 4:21:02 PM by laynframe90

The only way the air can go between the tanks and bags is though the valves. If the valves are good I would suspect that its the shocks as well. Looks like you put the stock ones back on and it got better. Sounds like you need stiffer shocks.
FullSizeRST   +1y
it has been mind boggling first i checked the valves then i put on check valves to be sure then i put the stock shocks on now ill go with some adj. shocks i guess ...
unusualfabrication   +1y
Maybe look for shocks off a heavier vehicle, they should be stiffer.
FullSizeRST   +1y
thanks for the help kp said the stroke is 21in extended and 12.625 compressed