Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 07:46 am, by: Ashley Leach(Ashlar)
So my rear passenger side is sagging about an inch lower than the drivers side.
I've tried the adjustable rod, to see if that was set incorrectly, but it made little or no difference after winding it many times.
It's not like it deflates, it's just permanently 1 inch lower. So looking for any help or guidance in the right direction. I suppose I could just jam in the height controller I have and adjust it that way, but I'd prefer to fix the issue before doing that
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 08:07 am, by: Michael Toet(Myke31)
Ashley, you can't adjust the left right lean at the rear. They both go up and down together. I'm not 100% sure if it takes an average reading of both rear sensors for the height, or if it uses a min/max arrangement.
The front sensors and airbags are independent of each other and that is how the left/right lean is adjusted.
So to adjust the back left being lower, you need to drop the front right. If that was needed I'd suspect you'd see issues at the front as well, like the front right sitting high....
That being said, adjustments might not fix the issue. It could be a bad reading from a sensor or a sticky valve or something that lets some of the air out the back left.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 08:32 am, by: Ashley Leach(Ashlar)
Thanks Michael! Makes sense! Would explain why both of them went up when I adjusted the rear several times and my frustration of it not levelling!
Front drivers side could be sitting high actually... I know they usually sit slightly higher to compensate for the drivers weight so I didn't think much of it. But she's on a fair old lean because the back is down
Right, back to the drawing board. I'll check for error codes and clean the solenoids things one the weekend.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 06:49 pm, by: Michael Toet(Myke31)
If the front right is sitting high, then maybe one of the front height sensors is playing up. I just replaced mine because my front right would often sit a lot higher than the left. So far everything is great. I replaced both sensors just in case it was the left reading low, rather than the right reading high.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 09:05 pm, by: Michael Toet(Myke31)
Yep, the rod is part of it. Goes up behind the wheel lining someplace.
If you have spares, change over both fronts, that should at least eliminate them as a possible cause. The sensors can fail. Get it all nice and level, then get a wheel alignment.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 09:12 pm, by: Ashley Leach(Ashlar)
Ahh I think I know what you mean now. I recall seeing what I thought was a sealed sensor on the rear one. Rod is attached to it an there is a wire or two going into it.
Well let's hope the sensors are ok. Both front bags popped in the crash but other than that the suspension was relatively unscathed. I salvaged my sway bars and they are fine :-)