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#11 Machinebuilder

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Posted 23 September 2019 - 03:22 PM

Air lines are often the culprit when it comes to slow leaks.  Most often, leaks are a result from lines not squarely cut and flush inside fittings.  One has to ensure air lines are squarely cut.  Tube cutters are the only tool to use IMO.  Even then, you have to be careful not to compress the plastic tubing as you cut as this will result in out-of-square cut.  Box cutters, tin snips, etc will not likely make a square cut.

 

 

I deal with pushlock air fittings alot at work, I do have a very good pair of tubing cutters.

 

For years I used a razorblade or box cutter, be careful and you can get it square, make sure therre are not any burrs.

 

What works good is a cigar cutter, mostly for trimming the end to square it up.

 

The OP has leaks from the bags themselves, so no amount of work on the lines will fix it.


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Posted 23 June 2020 - 10:22 PM

I recently had a set of Hellwig Big Wigs installed on my new Dodge Power Wagon.  They suck!  I have been back to the shop 4 times.  The plastic snap fittings on the top of the airbags leak.  Hell wig sent out a new set because they said they had a bad batch and this leak too.  I am going to get rid of them  and go with beefier springs.


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Posted 21 August 2020 - 10:23 PM

I recently had a set of Hellwig Big Wigs installed on my new Dodge Power Wagon.  They suck!  I have been back to the shop 4 times.  The plastic snap fittings on the top of the airbags leak.  Hell wig sent out a new set because they said they had a bad batch and this leak too.  I am going to get rid of them  and go with beefier springs.

Update on Hellwig bags. After considering suspension upgrades for my 2020 F-150 I installed Hellwig 2500 lb helper springs. And love the product. After consulting with Hellwig they informed me they were discontinuing air bags from their product line up. I can understand why the bag quality was extremely poor with leaks common. 


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