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Norgren valves
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G-man, dont think I got that email from Prevost on the sale…
How much are they offering up airbags for?
Have new shocks, but airbags are on my list (as are the remaining norgren valves which are being done next month).
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Think it was $163 fronts, $147 rears and $119 tag. Sales ends on the 1st I believe.
Jeff as well as others told me Prevost was the cheapest place on the bags so just went ahead and got em. Shocks were $39 (rears). If I don’t have any work taking me back near Jeff’s soon I will try and knock them out when I find downtime off the road but figured I would buy them now while on sale.
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Dang, that’s a good price on the shocks. More then 50% of normal I think. Mine were shot and getting new ones made a big difference. Well worth the money.
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My last ones were 420 Charles, back in the summer.
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I WILL CAUTION anyone who has Prevost factory slideouts that there supposedly NO non-Prevost numbered valves that will work for the slide seal norgren. It is a specially product for Prevost. Be cautious about replacing this one very important with anything not supplied by Prevost or you could be buying yourself a slide seal as well…..just a thought.
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Ben,
Can you elaborate? What (if you can determine) makes the valve specific to Prevost?
I have spent far more time than I should on the Norgren site and I can tell you they have an almost endless capability to provide flow paths or actuators on their valves.
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Quick heads up Charles if you order bags and other stuff….it showed up truck freight! We had to scramble to grab a forklift from the neighbor…Prevost pays for ground shipping, but I thought UPS…did not expect a tractor trailer to show up for 8 bags and 6 shocks!
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That’s wierd why they would use LTL, wouldn’t even come close to minimum wieght of 500 lbs, instead of UPS Ground. I’ve ordered 3 different sets of shocks and bags and an easy delivery for UPS. If it happens to you Charles, they have to allow you a tailgate delivery, unload by hand form the trailer.
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so looked at my receipt.
Drive and TAG axle shocks were $590 and steer was $740
As for bags? Will time that with Jeff doing the work. Will have him do another inspection next week and see where things are (and if they changed since last fall). When they are being replaced will see if we can have them delivered directly to Jeff’s at the time we are there. That way I wont need to deal with the postal box people having to accept such a big load for me 🙂 (the tow bar parts where bad enough as it was).
At the farmette, we never had a problem with freight deliveries. We would back our truck up to the load and move it directly to our pickup truck. Or if needed, we would use the tractor to get it off the truck and into the garage or barn.
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Should the Norgren Valves be put on the “Maintenance Schedule” to replace every XX months/years?
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Replace all norgrens at ten years old or if you do not know when they were new put new ones in cheap to do in shop not so cheap to do on road
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A failed Norgren valve is unlikely to ever shut your down or prevent you from completing a trip. When they fail it is almost always over time, starting with a slow leak that causes the leans over several days, or lazy operation due to internal crud.
But like Peter points out, they age and after 10 years or so problems begin to show up. If the coach air system has been neglected however moisture can get into and ruin the valves along with other pneumatic system components pretty fast so unless you know the history those valves can sometimes be a part of zeroing out a coach with an unknown service history.
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