Replacing Front Coil Springs With Airbags

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Replacing front coil springs with airbags.

Being the proud owner of the ole texas t 1990 southwind and priding myself in still being mobile enough at 66 to take care of the repairs and upkeep of our home away from home. I tried to do this in a how to format let me know what you think or if you have any quest. At some later production the oem put in stiffer springs. On board air compressor systems are not required but make things easy.

Replacing the front air springs in my 1989 winnebago superchief. I am extremely happy with the ride now. Usa staff available 1 877 774 6473. Also relaced air bags in springs.

Removal of old bags by cutting out old donuts with dremel saw and pulled out old airbag with locking long nose plier while twisting motion. They are based on actual loaded front axle weight with driver passenger not the gvw. Had lean to passenger side berfore replacement. The p30 32 chassis maker had no control as to how stiff the front springs should be.

Pad donuts on either end of air bag guided in with long nose. You can search this forum for more detail on bags springs. When the pitch decreases with regard to the coil springs on your vehicle that s when you need air bags to help you out. The airbags were used to fudge the ride height to take into account the weight of the house.

Had vehicle weighed and selected springs that were rated for 1400 lbs over actual weight. Replacing old air bags no the suspension type. It does this by providing the correct ride height thus reducing both sway and bottoming out. Coil rite air helper springs work by simply adding air to the air bag just like you would when inflating a tire.

It fills in the spaces and doesn t let your vehicle bow down as much as it would without that extra support. Heavy duty coil springs dayton 350 6560 rating. 3 stars ok used to replace front springs on a 98 p30 motorhome chassis. The air bags job is to get in the way of those coils by taking the place of the pitch or the empty space.

Installation done by deflating and twisting and forcing into spring coil center hole. The ability of being able to increase and decrease air pressure in your coil spring air bag allows you to easily alter your coil spring performance.