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<blockquote data-quote="MCRIDER007" data-source="post: 1068235" data-attributes="member: 329"><p>Fred, you don't have to answer my question unless you want to clarify your comments....I just thought it wasn't clear what you were actually conveying.</p><p></p><p>I agree its about how much headspace you want over the oil, but that headspace is going to be impacted both by the oil level and the suspension parts (such as a thicker spring/spacer or a spring quide) that are sharing the space above the oil level. You bring up a good point about using a stiffer spring, an air spring can add about 25 percent resistance to the spring's resistance.....if the new spring is 25 percent stiffer than the old spring than the air spring probably is not desired at its previous level and one could lower the oil level to reduce the air springs effect and save a little money on oil at the same time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MCRIDER007, post: 1068235, member: 329"] Fred, you don't have to answer my question unless you want to clarify your comments....I just thought it wasn't clear what you were actually conveying. I agree its about how much headspace you want over the oil, but that headspace is going to be impacted both by the oil level and the suspension parts (such as a thicker spring/spacer or a spring quide) that are sharing the space above the oil level. You bring up a good point about using a stiffer spring, an air spring can add about 25 percent resistance to the spring's resistance.....if the new spring is 25 percent stiffer than the old spring than the air spring probably is not desired at its previous level and one could lower the oil level to reduce the air springs effect and save a little money on oil at the same time. [/QUOTE]
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