[jdkskyking]

I believe I’ve discovered the smoking gun. 

Today I was finishing up the new sway bar arm by powder coating it before I installed it. 

In preparation to install the arm, I put the bus in travel height, pinned the HCV in the neutral position and disconnected the control rod. 

I had to go to work for a while today so I was away from the bus from 2pm until about 6:45 pm. 

When I went out to check on the bus, the steer air bags were at maximum inflation! It looked higher than I’ve ever seen it but it might be because I didn’t expect it to be that high. 

My assumption is the HCV is faulty and is passing air to the bags in the neutral position. I can only assume that this is my true problem with the steer axle travel height increasing as I drive and causing the alignment to drive poorly. 

I’m sure the mods I’m making will improve my situation but it is nice to know that I’ve found a smoking gun… 

Moral of the story… don’t let a tech weld your HCV arm to the valve shaft…. 

It’s always something….