suspension bag blew

[susoule]

We seem to have blown out left suspension bag. Shop suggests new, custom made leaf spring and u-boldt rod instead of relacing bag. Does this make sense? Is it ok to do just the one side and leave the other suspension bag?

[TXPigeon]

There's no problem replacing them with extra leaves, but you'd need to do both side at the same time. Those that have done it used a full length leaf added to the existing ones. In a few cases, they had to add 2 leaves to handle the overloading. You can get the bag at http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/.....ts_id=8266



Duane

[susoule]

We've tracked down where we can get new suspension air bags, but a fellow Rialta owner suggested we check pressure and pump up ones we have. We pumped them to 20 lbs/sq inch. A week later, without driving, they were down to 5 on one side and 10 on the other. Does this mean we need the new bags? If so, can we inflate and drive safely (carrying a pump) until new bags arrive ?