[rheavn]

Inspected the front disc pads while the wheel was off as they are almost impossible to see with the wheel on. They looked about 80%. Cleaned up the air spring mount and reinstalled the air spring with new hardware. I installed the four top nyloks on the top mounting plate studs. You have to get the air spring bottom plate down to the mount to install the two bolts into the bottom mounting plate. You can't just pull it down. I had a short piece of #12 line with a 45 degree fitting that I connected to the air spring air inlet. A 90 degree fitting would work too. I used a short hose because I was working alone(see photo). This is where a second set of hands would be helpful to blow the air into the hose which causes the bellows to expand and allows you to start the bottom mounting plate bolts. Tightened and torqued the mounting plates bolts. Firestone wants only 20-30 ft lbs of torque on the mounting plates. Reconnected the air line and reinstalled the tire. This job is very doable for anyone who has the facility to support the coach, remove a tire, reinstall the tire and torque the lug nuts to 450 to 500 ft lbs. This was my first one and I had about 3 hrs in removing the tire, R & R the air spring and reinstalling the tire & multiple hours in research and thought. Should be able to do it quicker next time.

Off to the RR tag to identify the tag air springs.