[encantotom]

installed all 8 airbags this morning. took me about 3.5 hours. we used the same bag front and rear..... firestone W01-358-9039

i got them at my local small town napa for about 125 bucks apiece plus tax. took them 4 days to get them.

i used all new mounting nuts, using a jam nut on the top stud that has the air inlet in it.

i also got all new air fittings and will fit up new airlines between bags. there are no ping tanks on their 84 and airlines on bags are 3/8 OD brake tubing. on monday i will put all the new air fittings on. i took a break after mounting all the bags.

in examining the bags, some were worse than others. the rear 4 had alot of cracking and the rubber was getting hard. the front 4 looked better but in examining them in the lower portion against the lower mounting plate where it folds in, there were some pretty deep cracks.

one of the tricks i used is to use the air isolation gauge set that alot of us have to check for air leaks and i hooked it up to my shop air and used one of the ends to blow the bag up in place to align it.

tom