Hi All,
I was just one of these people, side of I-90 in MA. The connection from the T block to the shut off valve sheared off. I unhooked the schrader valve
from the other end of the T and put it into the bag, got the statie's repair guy to jack it up a few inches and then we filled it up and off I went.
I could not get any fittings off so I could put the tubing directly into the bag, along with carrying schrader valves, what's the fitting that goes
from the 1/4" bag inlet to the tubing?
Thank you, going to go back to basics
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kelly
> That is a problem with adding all of that extra hardware on the end of the air bag fitting. The airbag is constantly bouncing as you drive down
> the road and the weight of the extra hardware has to be supported by the "elbow" screwed into the bag as it bounces around.
>
> If the air system works correctly then get rid of all of that extra stuff and screw the air hose connector directly into the airbag as GM designed
> it. If it bothers you that someday you might need to air the bag up separate from the on board compressor, then carry one or two schrader valves
> and screw them into air the air bag(s) when necessary. I carry two of them in my coach and have never needed them.
>
> I took a local black list call a few years ago from someone who was stranded along the Interstate with what they said was a blown bag. When I got
> there with a spare bag I found that the problem was not the bag but instead was that first fitting in the bag had broken off flush with the end of
> the threads of the bag. I ended up installing the spare bag and brought them to my hangar. It took me a couple of hours to extract the old broken
> piece out of the original bag. By this time it was dark so they stayed over night and we reinstalled the original, now repaired, bag back on the
> coach the next morning. We also removed all of that extra hardware on the other side and changed it back to stock.
>
> That whole incident added about 1.5 days to their vacation and was caused by something that was totally unnecessary in the first place.
>
> JMHO
>
> I believe all of that stuff is 1/4" pipe thread.
--
1978 Kingsley
Putney VT
I was just one of these people, side of I-90 in MA. The connection from the T block to the shut off valve sheared off. I unhooked the schrader valve
from the other end of the T and put it into the bag, got the statie's repair guy to jack it up a few inches and then we filled it up and off I went.
I could not get any fittings off so I could put the tubing directly into the bag, along with carrying schrader valves, what's the fitting that goes
from the 1/4" bag inlet to the tubing?
Thank you, going to go back to basics
https://www.facebook.com/groups/classicgmcmotorhomes/permalink/1340532099404657/
kelly
> That is a problem with adding all of that extra hardware on the end of the air bag fitting. The airbag is constantly bouncing as you drive down
> the road and the weight of the extra hardware has to be supported by the "elbow" screwed into the bag as it bounces around.
>
> If the air system works correctly then get rid of all of that extra stuff and screw the air hose connector directly into the airbag as GM designed
> it. If it bothers you that someday you might need to air the bag up separate from the on board compressor, then carry one or two schrader valves
> and screw them into air the air bag(s) when necessary. I carry two of them in my coach and have never needed them.
>
> I took a local black list call a few years ago from someone who was stranded along the Interstate with what they said was a blown bag. When I got
> there with a spare bag I found that the problem was not the bag but instead was that first fitting in the bag had broken off flush with the end of
> the threads of the bag. I ended up installing the spare bag and brought them to my hangar. It took me a couple of hours to extract the old broken
> piece out of the original bag. By this time it was dark so they stayed over night and we reinstalled the original, now repaired, bag back on the
> coach the next morning. We also removed all of that extra hardware on the other side and changed it back to stock.
>
> That whole incident added about 1.5 days to their vacation and was caused by something that was totally unnecessary in the first place.
>
> JMHO
>
> I believe all of that stuff is 1/4" pipe thread.
--
1978 Kingsley
Putney VT
