06-26-2019, 04:47 AM
I agree with Tom, the airbags are isolated from the 120V compressors when parked, unless you leave the coach in auto level mode.
Leaving them at travel height is not harmful at all.
Stored in a warehouse with electrical motors producing ozone would deteriorate them, as would soaking them with ATF from a leaking hose (don’t ask how I know this).
Other owners have had shops other than Newell replace the air bags, perhaps one of them will chime in with the cost. It’s a cramped and nasty job, but it’s not complicated.
Mark, do you mind telling us a little about you, with regard to hands on experience, and how comfortable you are with mechanical and electrical systems? It would help the other members frame answers to your questions.
Leaving them at travel height is not harmful at all.
Stored in a warehouse with electrical motors producing ozone would deteriorate them, as would soaking them with ATF from a leaking hose (don’t ask how I know this).
Other owners have had shops other than Newell replace the air bags, perhaps one of them will chime in with the cost. It’s a cramped and nasty job, but it’s not complicated.
Mark, do you mind telling us a little about you, with regard to hands on experience, and how comfortable you are with mechanical and electrical systems? It would help the other members frame answers to your questions.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
95 Newell, 390 Ex caretaker
99 Newell, 512 Ex caretaker
07 Prevost Marathon, 1025
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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