Adjusting rear ride height

[tuga]

My coach is a 1999 and it rides too low in the rear. The correct ride height as measured from the front part of the rear fender well is 11 3/8" according to John Clarke with Newell.

With my ride height set at around 11 3/8" my bottom scrapes on driveways etc. True, the coach can be raised about 4" using the HWH leveling system, but it takes about 5 minutes running on high idle to get it up. When you are planning to enter a driveway or shopping center the folks behind you aren't willing to wait 5 minutes for you to air up your coach.

So I decided that would raise the ride height up a couple of inches to fix this problem.

In order to raise the ride height you simply loosen up the hose clamp that holds the boot on your Ride Well leveling valve rod & slide it UP about 1" and the result is the coach will ride about 2" higher (if you're lucky!). Sounds simple so far. However, when Newell installs a new RideWell leveling valve they CUT the adjusting rod. This prevents you from raising the ride height of the coach to a level that would increase the rear end clearance. Presently, I have my boot adjusted as high as it can go on the vertical rod. It has raised my coach about 1 inch or so.

Looks like the only way to go higher would be to replace the vertical rod on the Ridewell valve. But if I do that I won't be able to lower the coach (which is something that I rarely ever do) to its lowest position. I assume Newell cuts the rod to prevent it from poking thru when the air is dumped down to the lowest position.

I appreciate any thoughts, comments, or suggestions.