Thread: Air Spring Help

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Here are the threads I was thinking of:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/trailers-v...t-trailer.html
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/trailers-v...er-tech-2.html
Though I also had a lot or email discussion with Steve / Roverrescue - who had plenty of great advice.

What are the disadvantages of RAs for a trailer? It is not like you need a lot of wheel travel...

Thanks Ben - they made for interesting reading.

Radius arms will be ok if you don't want a lot of travel from the air springs.

For more travel the angle change of the spring seat, reduces allowable travel - instead of measuring min/max allowable heights at the centreline of the air spring they must be measured on the shortest/tallest side of the air spring when the seat is tilted. You also have to be careful to aviod the bellows rubbing on the top edge of the piston where it tilts to one side.