I see there are several posters noting they installed Airlift bags on their Telluride. I like the bags and previously installed them on a Ford Flex after a bit of a struggle getting them fully into the coil spring. However, while trying to install the Airlift 60860 bags in my 2024 Telluride Xl I found that when collapsed and folded per Airlift's instructions the folded bag was to wide and stiff to be fully inserted into the spring despite two pairs of strong hands and repeated angles of insertion. Any help on a different folding technique or some other method, maybe heating to soften or ? Would be appreciated...
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"Airlift" Bag Install Problem
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BTDT. Your best friend is a can of "WET" spray silicone. Yes the bag will be difficult to handle. Also it will slide easier inside the spring. Spray the inside/outside of the spring and the now exposed (after folding) part of the air lift bag.
Yes there are two types of silicone. The "wet" type performs much better in automotive use.
I have also found to never run the bags with less than 5 PSI at all times.
There's a friction between the expanding/collapsing spring and the bags. You'll realize a longer service life by twice a year (at oil change time) by keeping the surface clean and a quick re-application of new silicone as a lubricant. Dirt and road muck act as an abrasive to the outside of the bag, shortening its life.
Are you running both pushlock hoses to one "T" for air filling?
Yes there are two types of silicone. The "wet" type performs much better in automotive use.
I have also found to never run the bags with less than 5 PSI at all times.
There's a friction between the expanding/collapsing spring and the bags. You'll realize a longer service life by twice a year (at oil change time) by keeping the surface clean and a quick re-application of new silicone as a lubricant. Dirt and road muck act as an abrasive to the outside of the bag, shortening its life.
Are you running both pushlock hoses to one "T" for air filling?
Thanks for the tip …I’ll give it a try…as to your question re the hoses I’ve run a separate one from the inflator tee to each bag in case of a leak in one as I can cap the bad line there temporarily and still put the minimum recommended 5 psi in the other to avoid it becoming damaged.
A video on YouTube suggested folding the bag like a hotdog bun and that worked for me.
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Did you fold the ends in first per Airlifts instructions x to hotdog shape or just side to side to begin with?
