This is probably a dumb question...
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08-05-2006, 08:12
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This is probably a dumb question...
...but it there a way to "patch" the air bags? One of mine has
developed a pin-hole leak. Thanks Scott Forman 82 FC35RB Memphis |
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08-05-2006, 08:26
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This is probably a dumb question...
Not a dumb question, but no, I would not want to bet my life or those of my
Family on a pin hole. Replace it Ralph At 08:12 PM 8/5/2006 +0000, you wrote: >...but it there a way to "patch" the air bags? One of mine has >developed a pin-hole leak. > >Thanks > >Scott Forman >82 FC35RB >Memphis > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm |
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08-05-2006, 10:01
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This is probably a dumb question...
In a message dated 8/5/2006 8:02:46 PM Central Daylight Time,
truitt44@... writes: > If you had a nail in a tire would you patch it or replace it. Kinda hard to compare a soft sided air bag to a hard sided tire- in my opinion Ernie Ekberg 83 PT40 Livingston, Montana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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08-05-2006, 12:57
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This is probably a dumb question...
Scott,
There is no such thing as a dumb question but sometime you might get a dumb answer. Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Forman To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:12 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] This is probably a dumb question... ...but it there a way to "patch" the air bags? One of mine has developed a pin-hole leak. Thanks Scott Forman 82 FC35RB Memphis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: 8/4/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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08-05-2006, 13:01
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This is probably a dumb question...
Ralph,
If you had a nail in a tire would you patch it or replace it. Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph L. Fullenwider To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] This is probably a dumb question... Not a dumb question, but no, I would not want to bet my life or those of my Family on a pin hole. Replace it Ralph At 08:12 PM 8/5/2006 +0000, you wrote: >...but it there a way to "patch" the air bags? One of mine has >developed a pin-hole leak. > >Thanks > >Scott Forman >82 FC35RB >Memphis > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: 8/4/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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08-05-2006, 13:23
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This is probably a dumb question...
Howard:
I carried a plug gun for just such emergencies, to get me into the next town for a replacement. Too many years in the tire industry I guess, and been through too many tire failures with patches. I just see no reason not to replace a defective part if in a place to do it safely. Ralph At 09:01 PM 8/5/2006 -0400, you wrote: >Ralph, >If you had a nail in a tire would you patch it or replace it. >Howard Truitt >Camilla, Ga. >86 PT40 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ralph L. Fullenwider > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:26 PM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] This is probably a dumb question... > > > Not a dumb question, but no, I would not want to bet my life or those > of my > Family on a pin hole. Replace it > > Ralph > > At 08:12 PM 8/5/2006 +0000, you wrote: > >...but it there a way to "patch" the air bags? One of mine has > >developed a pin-hole leak. > > > >Thanks > > > >Scott Forman > >82 FC35RB > >Memphis > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > Safe travels, > > Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider > Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma > http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: 8/4/2006 > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm |
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08-05-2006, 13:25
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This is probably a dumb question...
Good luck on patching a suspension bag.
MH ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard O. Truitt To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] This is probably a dumb question... Ralph, If you had a nail in a tire would you patch it or replace it. Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph L. Fullenwider To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] This is probably a dumb question... Not a dumb question, but no, I would not want to bet my life or those of my Family on a pin hole. Replace it Ralph At 08:12 PM 8/5/2006 +0000, you wrote: >...but it there a way to "patch" the air bags? One of mine has >developed a pin-hole leak. > >Thanks > >Scott Forman >82 FC35RB >Memphis > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm ---------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: 8/4/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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08-05-2006, 15:02
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This is probably a dumb question...
Could you patch it? You might be able to get a plug to hold 'till you
get to a service center, I wouldn't bet my vacation on it though. The DOT won't allow patches in tire sidewalls, because they're designed to flex and a hole is a stress riser (among other reasons I'd imagine). The entire airbag is a sidewall, constantly flexing. A hole in a tire is usually a good tire which has been punctured by a road hazard, a hole in an airbag is usually the beginning of a failure of an old airbag. Air doesn't puncture bags, but it will escape through a failure point. I'd expect a hole to fairly soon turn into a larger hole or a tear. Replace it. - Jeff Miller in Holland, MI --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...> wrote: > > ...but it there a way to "patch" the air bags? One of mine has > developed a pin-hole leak. > > Thanks > > Scott Forman > 82 FC35RB > Memphis > |
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