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Title: AIR BAGS
Post by: Bob in CT on July 31, 2016, 09:28:06 am
GOOD DAY EVERYONE.JUST HAD THE GV320 IN FOR SERVICE.SHES GOT APPROX 116K ON HER NOW.I NEED TO START
REPLACING THE AIR BAGS(SHOWING A LITTLE ROT). I AM GOING TO START ON THE TAG.I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEONE COULD LEAD ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHERE TO PURCHASE AND WHAT THE PROPER P/N ARE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE 4 AIR BAGS FOR THE TAG.TWO TO LIFT AND TWO TO PUSH DOWN.WE WILL BE HEADING FOR THE CONVENTION ON WEDNESDAY. STOP BY AND SAY HELLO IF YOU SEE US.WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP AND DISCUSS THE FORETRAVELS.BOB@ BRENDA

AND KNOW I AM NOT MAD , I JUST LIKE TO TYPE IN CAPITOLS, ITS EASIER

Title: Re: AIR BAGS
Post by: RainCatcher on July 31, 2016, 09:47:49 am
Here is a great place to start.
Air Bags (http://www.beamalarm.com/Documents/air_bags.html)

Good luck.

Mike
Title: Re: AIR BAGS
Post by: bbeane on July 31, 2016, 11:57:13 am
Bob check with your local big truck spring and alignment shop. By the time the dust settled I paid them $500 more than I could just buy the bags for.
Title: Re: AIR BAGS
Post by: Carol Savournin on July 31, 2016, 03:24:09 pm
We needed to have the airbags replaced on our coach. We wanted to have the work done at our local shop in Tucson. I called FOT Parts department and got the part numbers from them ... there are different airbags on the tag than on the other axels. Once I had the part numbers, I started looking online. Not every place has them ... some are Goodyear, some are Firestone (?).  Don't remember ... but in our case, some of them are uncommon and not easily available. I finally found a source that was rather cheaper than FOT and they were shipped directly to our repair place in Tucson.  There is always 1 or 2 that give a problem, so the labor hours are estimated and need a discussion with the billing department after the fact. I asked both FOT and MOT what hours they estimated and why before making the decision to have the work done locally or make the drive to Nac.  In the end, it was a tad cheaper ... and I avoided the always present temptation of having added nifty things done "just because ....  since we are already here". 
Title: Re: AIR BAGS
Post by: FourTravelers on August 01, 2016, 09:30:53 pm
I don't have a tag axle but these fit the U280,  got them from Michigan Truck Spring.
Here is another link, plenty of photos of air bag replacement on the forum too I believe.


Replacing the Air Bags (http://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=27378.msg224098#msg224098)