Air Leveling

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

HI Scott:

Did you say the drivers side front air bag? On your Coach, there will be 3
bolts and nuts. 2 of the nuts <3/4"> one on top one on bottom, the third
nut is around the bag air inlet which is a rounded shoulder 1 1/8 th inch I
think it is, perhaps a little larger. Problem with the drivers side front
is, room! YOu are going to have about 3 inches to get one hand up in there
if it is the front bag of the two. In the third (air inlet) nut is screwed
an elbow which a 1/4 inch copper air line is attached.

We ended up cutting that air bag out and grinding the inside of the steel
plate retainer inside the bag to get mine out. You will need to spread the
frame and body with your hyd jacks as far as you can get it, then back it
up with a bottle jack or jack stand for safety, to facilitate removal of
the old bag and inserting the new one. One thing you want to be careful of
is crimping the copper line as your removing the elbow. I found it easier
to cut the nut off the large stud then replace the nut with a full shoulder
one. I did this the first time with out removing the exhaust from the
header manifold. Save yourself some time and remove the flex exhaust from
the header, it is easier.

Good luck,

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm

At 06:15 PM 1/9/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>I am aware of the delay, in fact, like Jay, my curiosity led me to
>dissect one of these valves (always find out how it works!).
>
>A blown airbag is my problem, I am going to attempt a home
>replacement this week. Wish me luck.
>
>Scott
>