Air Bag Fittings

steven d. ferguson

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I could use some advice here guys. I was going to rotate my airbags and
the retaining nut is frozen on the threaded fitting. (Yep, it turned in
the bag a bit.) Is this death to the bag or can I just thread it all the
way out, double nut it, remove the retaining nut, teflon the threaded
fitting & reassemble? It's leaking now so I'd like to repair it or
replace it. Thanks in advance.
Steve F.
 
Steve

As long as those nuts have been on and exposed to all kinds of road stuff,
don't be surprised that they are frozen on. use plenty of WD-40 or other
good rust pent and let it sit. On one end, you can get a socket and breaker
bar. On the other end, you will have to use a wrench. Put some air in the
bag before you begin to break loose the nuts. When I did mine, I took out
the air fitting, put the box end of the wrench, put the fitting back in,
aired up the bag, broke loose the nut, let out the air, rotated the bag, and
did the procedure in reverse. After tightening the nuts back up, I
installed Bryan Maxwell's Chaperral Shut-Off Valves. That's one of the best
additions that I have done to the coach. This took some time, but once I
figured it out, the other side went pretty fast. It wasn't nearly hard as I
thought it would be.

Wayne Newland F9300 75 Palm Beach Columbia, Md

> I could use some advice here guys. I was going to rotate my airbags and
> the retaining nut is frozen on the threaded fitting. (Yep, it turned in
> the bag a bit.) Is this death to the bag or can I just thread it all the
> way out, double nut it, remove the retaining nut, teflon the threaded
> fitting & reassemble? It's leaking now so I'd like to repair it or
> replace it. Thanks in advance.
> Steve F.
 
I would guess the bag is toast.....

I have not done it, but I think the bolt/connector is bonded into the rubber.

gene

>Steve
>
>As long as those nuts have been on and exposed to all kinds of road stuff,
>don't be surprised that they are frozen on. use plenty of WD-40 or other
>good rust pent and let it sit. On one end, you can get a socket and breaker
>bar. On the other end, you will have to use a wrench. Put some air in the
>bag before you begin to break loose the nuts. When I did mine, I took out
>the air fitting, put the box end of the wrench, put the fitting back in,
>aired up the bag, broke loose the nut, let out the air, rotated the bag, and
>did the procedure in reverse. After tightening the nuts back up, I
>installed Bryan Maxwell's Chaperral Shut-Off Valves. That's one of the best
>additions that I have done to the coach. This took some time, but once I
>figured it out, the other side went pretty fast. It wasn't nearly hard as I
>thought it would be.
>
>Wayne Newland F9300 75 Palm Beach Columbia, Md
>

>
>> I could use some advice here guys. I was going to rotate my airbags and
>> the retaining nut is frozen on the threaded fitting. (Yep, it turned in
>> the bag a bit.) Is this death to the bag or can I just thread it all the
>> way out, double nut it, remove the retaining nut, teflon the threaded
>> fitting & reassemble? It's leaking now so I'd like to repair it or
>> replace it. Thanks in advance.
>> Steve F.
>
>
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