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Help steerable tag axle - pairodice - 09-12-2015
Looking at a coach that has a switch on the dash labeled TAg Axle so I'm assuming it has a steerable tag. How can I test it please? Owner doesn't know about it...
RE: Help steerable tag axle - encantotom - 09-12-2015
that switch is not for a steerable tag if it is older than a 2004.
it is for increasing and decreasing the air pressure on the tag to adjust traction or weight.
tom
RE: Help steerable tag axle - encantotom - 09-12-2015
btw, i have never used mine. maybe others can pipe in about it
tom
RE: Help steerable tag axle - Bob Standeford - 09-12-2015
I used mine by mistake. It was right next to the merge switch and I pushed the tag switch to lower the air pressure on the tag axle. It dropped the rear end so low that my safety chains were ground off. I guess I had driven about 100 miles. So be careful when you're playing with them and check your drive height.
RE: Help steerable tag axle - Dmatz - 09-12-2015
The switch is there to transfer weight from tags to drives if you are in snow or mud and need traction to move. I tested it on the scales at Newell and it does do its job. I do not remember the exact weight transferred however it was several thousand pounds.
RE: Help steerable tag axle - pairodice - 09-12-2015
How do I test the steerable tag to see if it works?
RE: Help steerable tag axle - folivier - 09-12-2015
Like Tom said unless it is a 2005 or newer it won't have a steerable tag. If it does have one it works automatically and you will definitely see the difference at low speed turns. Like half the turning radius.
That switch is just like said above. Note that Newells do not have a lifting tag. Oh yeah and the switch needs to be in the middle position, it's a 3 way switch.
RE: Help steerable tag axle - Chester Stone - 09-12-2015
I seem to continually get my dash switches in the incorrect position. Some important ones are off in neutral and some in the down position. I am going to install 1/8" white pin stripping in the appropriate place on each switch to help reduce my mistakes.
RE: Help steerable tag axle - Fulltiming - 09-12-2015
Coaches #671, 681, 685, and 697 and higher had steerable tag axles. No coach prior to the 2004 model year had the steerable tag axle (ZF suspension) and 15 of the 38 model year 2004's did not have steerable tags.