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BamZipPow · 04-16-2015, 01:50 PM

Just dropped the swivel wheel assembly off to the welder to have them extend the upper and lower plates so the new air bag spring will fit. Unfortunately it wouldn't fit in the dampener housing.

My failed experiment with the dog toys...

New air bag spring compared to the original rubber puck.

You can see where it would rub against the swivel housing.

I will be installing a jounce stop or the original rubber puck (secured on one side only) so the air bag spring doesn't squash itself. I'm estimating I should have about a 3/4" to 1" range of motion to work with. The small air bag spring only went up to a 560lb rating. The new air spring goes up to 1250lbs at 1" stroke and 560lbs at 2" stroke at 100psi. I think that ought to do it.

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