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Old 07-23-2009, 09:04 PM   #6
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Tuga, I knew that the ZF IFS had only 2 air bags on the front but apparently all of the IFS (independent front suspension) coaches changed back to 2 bags rather than 4 on the front. Do you have 4 bags on the drive axle and 4 bags on the tag axle?

Michael,

I have 4 bags on the drive and 2 bags on the tag. So I have a total of 8 bags. I just changed 4 of them and purchased 4 more to be mounted at a later date. I will mount them when I recover from the cost of the Aqua Hot tank replacement which will be done by Newell Monday July 27th. Ouch!

I feel that it is good to change the bags every 10 years. They start to have little cracks like the tires do. I know that some people run the air bags for 20+ years but I had one blow out while I was parked and I would hate to experience that while driving so I will change them every 10 years.
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