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Hi there,
At this moment in time no I don't, however this is one option I have considered, this option is getting ever closer. I am hoping to have the vehicle on the hoist with the engine running and supervise the bag pressurising using the rear passenger door as the regulating method. Hoping of course the door doesn't actually shut which would then allow the bag to just grow and grow and grow........................being unable to reach the door handle.........:) Like the way you think.
Get the car off the ramp and let the bags inflate. The one that wont, jack up the chassis to around std hight then with a second jack lift the offending corner enough to remove the wheel then airbag. Get the airbag rolled over the bottom pillar completely before refitting. If the bag is new this can be quite a task, Grease on the inside of the bag where it folds over will help. Refit the bag raising the jack to push the axle up. Refit wheel, lower to ground then lower the 2nd jack under the chassis just a little, try to keep the car about standard hight. Make sure the bag has still rolled over the pillar. Start the car and once pressure is in the bag remove the jack.
Object is to have the bag rolled over otherwise it will keep folding and breaking the seal
What ^^^^ said!
Good replies lads!
Hi Wayne,
So you have basically hit the nail on the head. Thank you for the suggestion. What I might try is putting some washing up liquid around the bottom seal, mount the air bag back in place, leave the air line disconnected and then lift that side of the axel with my transmission hoist whilst I perform the "task" of getting the bottom seal to turn on the mount. Hold the axel in place with a ratchet strap, replace the air line and the wheel and drop to grade. Remove the ratchet strap and inflate. Could work. I spent a while on the task you mention last night without success, the bags are pretty new, and quite stiff.
Its the inside of the bag you need to grease / lubricate.
Hi People,
So this is how it went, tried to get the bag over the bottom fitting, I tried everything, Wayne you weren't kidding that was a task. In the end gave up swathed in various lubricants and a very slippery air bag.
Come This morning, day off, revisited the problem, this is how I got the bag on and working properly.
1. Applied o-ring lubricant around the seal both on the bag and on the mount, top fitting.
2. refitted the bag on the car, two new silicon O-rings in the 6mm connection with a small amount of o-ring lubricant,
3. let the engine run for about ten minutes with the rear passenger door open.
4. dropped the vehicle to about normal ride height closed the door, let the bag inflate a bit until quite hard to the touch. Yes it is creased. Opened the door.
5. Now lifted the vehicle to close to max travel and or until I could straighten the creases out of the bag.
6.Magically the bag now formed over the bottom mount, it had nowhere else to go.
7. Now I dropped the vehicle very slowly watching the bag form over the bottom mount
8. As the vehicle dropped the pressure increased in the bag so forming over the bottom mount.
9. Closed the door and everything happened like it should, vehicle levelled off after another five minutes the compressor stopped.
I'll now have to see what it looks like tomorrow when I take said vehicle to work.
Thank you everybody for the suggestions and the help.
Well done Nomad9. :clap2:
Gary
Well done
I have done the bag roll over a couple of times recently so know how hard it is.
I keep the outside of the bag clean and dry and only lubricate the inside which seems to be the binding point. Leaning over the bag, both hands pushing down I can get it to roll over, once started it goes on quite easy.