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Tools for air bag replacement

December 29, 2021, 06:05:41 pm

Hello, I was reading on the forum that there are some custom made tools for removing the air bag nuts without removing the fenders. Does anyone have any idea how to get these.?
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Karl Taylor

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Re: Tools for air bag replacement

Reply #1 – December 30, 2021, 12:05:25 pm

I took a new 1 1/8" wrench from Home Depot and heated to cherry red and bent the closed end of the wrench over 90 degrees. The bend is 3" center of wrench to center of the closed end of the wrench. That bent wrench will get on the nut securing the bag but you can only turn it about 1 flat at a time before repositioning the wrench. Used another wrench to turn the bent wrench. Getting those nuts off on the tight side of the rear bags was the worst part of the job but should be no need to remove body work to replace the bags. That's the only "special tool" I needed to replace the bag on our 2003 coach. I did not replace the tag air springs, FOT replaced those when we bought the coach in 2011. I replaced the bags on a 95 U320 we owned years ago and got it done without any "special tools" but I don't remember how I did it.

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Reply #2 – December 30, 2021, 01:59:22 pm

(DSD) Scott has tools he loans out with a deposit and you pay the freight When I
did mine I made a special tool to remove the elbow which worked well and Scott
has one as well. The ratchet wrenches he made are awesome.   

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Reply #3 – December 30, 2021, 02:53:02 pm

See this thread:  air bag fitting

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Reply #4 – December 30, 2021, 02:59:16 pm

This thread needs to be moved out of forum instruction manual.

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