Air bags in the rear

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Installed airbags in my 2012 ram to just help with towing my small camper. Everything looks good from a soap standpoint, but the manual recommends pressure testing it a day after installing to make sure it stays within a couple PSI.

The problem I have is the moment I test the pressure with my tire gauge, it loses pressure making an invalid test. For example. if I just pumped them up to 35 psi, next test with the tire gauge would be 20s, then 5's then nothing.


Any idea what I could do to better test it? Come back in a week of it sitting in the garage and feel if the bags have pressure inside the coils? Maybe get a gauge that can screw onto the valve stem? Others?

 

[Bulldog0156]

Do you have a regulated compressor where you could set the output pressure to what the airbag should be? It shouldn't fill the airbag past the regulated pressure once you hit equilibrium. I think.

 

[Nick87]

If you can buy the on board compressor with the remote do it. I used to haul probably two gooseneck loads of hay every week when I was still farming, worth every penny imo.

 

[Camdu7]

Put some weight in the bed and use a tape measure to check hitch height. I had bags in my 13 ram and loved them enough to put a set in my 19 f150 too

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Put some weight in the bed and use a tape measure to check hitch height. I had bags in my 13 ram and loved them enough to put a set in my 19 f150 too

Oh that's a good idea. Got a better test result today after sitting two nights. 31 psi.

Maybe I'll hitch up the camper and let it sit over night and measure the hitch

 

[Nick87]

Are you airing up the bags while hooked up to the camper?

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Are you airing up the bags while hooked up to the camper?

Negative, unloaded.

 

[Nick87]

You can buy an air chuck with a gauge on it. It has a ball valve built in so that you can check it without removing it from the valve stem.