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Re: We have a situation. Cycling air pressure

Reply #20 –
John,
  I did my front airbags. The hardest one is the one by the steps. I had to remove the fender which is not that hard. Still was a slow process getting it out. The large nut is a lock nut so it takes a while to get it off. Here is a post with some of the pictures I took.

Pulling Wheel Well Fenders for Air Bag Installation

Mark

Re: We have a situation. Cycling air pressure

Reply #21 –
I just finished changing my front air bags and with the right tools it's not bad. On my right front one I didn't remove the wheel and it
took twice as long as the left side. I didn't remove the fenders and I don't think it would of helped. I did the front rear ones while
I was putting on my snow tires so I had the rear wheels off. I wouldn't try it with out removing the wheels. The rear rear ones had
been done before I bought the coach. The front bags both on the front and the rear are the hardest. Taking the fitting out is tricky.
I didn't have a crowfoot socket so I made my own which worked great. If all the front air bags both in the rear and the front was
installed with air fitting to the rear would have made the job a lot easier.

Re: We have a situation. Cycling air pressure

Reply #22 –
Nice pictures Mark. I think pulling the wheel is easier but we are do things differently.
 

Re: We have a situation. Cycling air pressure

Reply #23 –
If you are thinking about replacing air bags seriously consider doing the shocks at the same time. If you are at a flat-rate shop, it won't make any difference, but if you are paying the the actual hours of work it will. We did the shocks a year after the air bags, and the mechanics told us it would have been MUCH easier to remove the old air bags and shocks, then install new shocks and air bags as sometimes the air bags can partially block access to the shocks.