schrader valves

[daren springett]

are shrader valves a good thing to carry around just in case for some un godly reason there was a failure of some kind? how woud you install them,screw into the airspring air fitting hole or are they inline?

[60 Nomad]

I am going to run a line from one of my tanks and mount a schraeder valve in the gas neck of my 60 Nomad if it will fit. If not I'll mount it under the bumper. Just in case I need to get air into the system to get it off the ground.;)

[daren springett]

so are they a 1/4 inch push to schrader? and where can you get them Im thinking of just attaching lets say a 2foot section of air line to a schrader, and could pop it in the push fittings on the airsprings in case of an emergency of course i would need 4 to do this your way seems easier but seems like you would need an extra port on your tank or a tee style shrader to run inline if they make one:confused: actually, they are 1/4 push, i found them on the site under components. Probably would be better to just carry 4 of these in the glove box, and if worse case ,unplug the airlines at the valves,pop on the shraders, and fill from there, if lucky enough to break down at a gas station, and good luck finding one with air these days:D

[britt@ridetech.com]

The Schraders are 1/4" push-to-connect fittings. They can be found here:
http://www.ridetech.com/products/inflation_kit_with_1_4_elbows-826-34.html

I've added a ball valve and I/M fittings to my test vehicle. This allows me to carry an air hose that can be used to air up tires or fill the tank if it is ever depleted. I also use it for testing as I can hook the vehicle up to shop air.

My tester is an 02 S10 with two 5 gallon air tanks, so I have room to carry a hose, and enough volume to do about whatever I need.

The AirPod is a little more difficult to fit additional items to, as we kept it as small and compact as possible. However, the 5-gallon version does have some extra ports; you'll just need to devise a clever way of getting the line out of the cover.

[daren springett]

what are I/m fittings? Where did you put the ball valve, got a picture of the setup? The link you gave shows an inflation kit, i assume it would be for two springs - the two elbows to the springs, the tee to the two lines going to the springs and the schrader going to the center push of tee. so,if there was a problem of some sort, two tees and two schraders carried with me woul also be a pretty simple fix if i had access to another air source