Front Air Bag Replacement - Chevy P30 Chassis
I'll acknowledge that this subject has been beaten to death, but all of the replies have to do with squeezing the new bags through the little hole in the bottom of the control arm. Has anyone simply r...
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Gjac wrote:
Jim, Then you are good. What does the clearance measure? What is your front axle spec weight? If you have at least an inch, inch and a half clearance, when you inflate the bags you will pick up even more. If you raise the jacks then inflate the bags and then lower the jacks, this will give you more ride height over just inflating the bags with the weight on them. The new bags are easy to install as I remember, I sucked all the air out lubed the bag and installed it through the jacked up coil spring opening. I would inflate it to the lowest inflation that will give you about 1 3/4 ins. I say this because the springs will get weak over time and the ride height will diminish affecting the front end alignment. As they get weaker you can always raise the ride height by adding pressure keeping the same ride height.
I took a couple of pics real quick. I couldn't find my tape measure, but it looks like I have a bit under an inch on the right and about half that on the left. The driveway does have a pitch to it, so that might have something to do with it.
Right side:
Left side:
They're a little blurry, but I hope you get the idea. Not sure which axle I have, but the GAWR tag says 3900 for the front.
This is the hole I have to work with:
I was confused by the puck in the bottom. Looks like that will come out?
