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Shock Asorbers
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On my 06 chassis you just raise the fender skirt and there they are. I changed a wheel seal to and it was 7 years ago but no need to pull wheels from what I remember. Lift the skirt and you’ll see right away. 1 hour 1.5 tops unless you gotta heat and torch.
Very easy to replace.
Any color OEM shock you get from Prevost is gonna be just fine for your application.
Later
bv
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BV,
Thank you for the information. I figured it was not a hard job.
I also have to install new sway bar link end bushings in the rear, Have you done those before? Frank
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No I haven’t on the sway bar, but once you lift the skirt and look in there you’ll know what your up against.
Later
bv
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I suspect you are talking about the dog bone end bushings for the rear sway bar.
Easy job, but instead of the red urethane bushings use the black rubber type which I think are the same as shock bushings.
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Why the black bushings instead of the red?
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The red are polyurethane and I am sure they do a good job when they are new. But unlike the black rubber ones when they start to fail they crack apart in pieces and the total failure from the start of cracking until there is nothing left can take place over a span of just a few hundred miles. You go from a quiet riding coach to one that has a loud banging and clanging noise quickly.
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Apparently loud enough for Jon to hear!
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Dick……….bite me.
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Does anyone have step by step instructions for installing drdrive and tag axle air bags?
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When you flip up the fenders you will see where you need access. Step one is to raise the bus with the air bags using level low and support the chassis at the support points front and rear.
Exhaust the air from the rear air bags.
I cannot remember, but I think the rear drive or the tag air bag access and removal is easier with the tag wheel off. Maybe Jeff or someone can confirm that.
The front drive shock needs to come off and possible one in the rear or tag also.
I think I recall removing the chain that lifts the tag axle.
I think either the rear drive or tag air bag removal is easier from under the coach.
Only the air hose, air fitting, and top and bottom nuts have to be removed, push the air bag down and tip it out.
If you have push in fittings, make sure you have enough air line length, and if you do, cut the air line at the fitting and replace the push in fittings with compression fittings.
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http://www.prevoman.com/Pages/Air%20Bag%20Replacement/Airbagpg5.html
Its on an older 1996 Liberty but it gives the basic idea
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