| Re: [GMCnet] Experience fixing quad airbag mounts? [message #324909 is a reply to message #324828] |
Fri, 13 October 2017 14:28   |
Ken Henderson
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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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Shane,
From the thread about your air bag problem, it sounds as if your best
option is a total replacement. Unless something has changed in the past
couple of years, Zeb Jr., at Southland, will offer you his replacement air
bag system. You may choose that, but if you do, you'll probably be in the
small minority of owners. If you choose a single bag system, that from
Alex Ferrara is well thought of and apparently offers ride characteristics
very similar to the original air bags. Then there's the Sully Bag system,
which operates at lower pressure and offers, reportedly, as softer ride.
Your "best", and most expensive, option is the Quad Bag system from Applied
GMC (Jim K). Any of those should serve you well indefinitely.
I would not recommend repairing the "flapper" system -- there've simply
been too many people with too many problems with them. If nothing, else,
the fact that the mounting point on the bogie for the hinge was designed to
do nothing more than secure a flexible rubber&fabric attachment for the
lower center fender skirt.
JMHO,
Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI & EBL,
Manny Brakes & 1-Ton, Troy-Bilt APU, etc., etc., etc.
www.gmcwipersetc.com
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Shane Grass wrote:
> Hello fellow GMCers,
>>
>> I planned on introducing myself and my wife, Katherine, on better terms,
> but unfortunately I’m asking for advice following a breakdown in our
> recently acquired ‘76 Royale. To make a long story short, we’re in
> Watkinsville, GA headed black to Ocala, FL and I noticed a slight listing
> on the right rear suspension during a stop. I pulled the skirt and saw
> that the inner bottom weld of the support bracket has separated from the
> bogie and the inner bracket beneath the pin and the entire bracket has
> rotated about 30 degree outboard - bending, but not breaking the outer weld
> beneath the rotating pin, if that makes sense.
>
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Ken Henderson
Americus, GA
www.gmcwipersetc.com
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