Adjusting Air Shocks

best bet is to take an impact gun out and take those stupid air shocks off and make sure you cut them in half so someone else don't make the mistake of using them, there junk no good for anything

if your really persistent on keeping them it should have a schraeder valve hooked to it, and use a tire gauge to check pressure, should be no more then 40 PSI

Standard air shocks have remote mounted "valve stem" usually mounted in the trunk or close to the rear bumper mounts or on the frame. The connection at the shock is much larger and a plastic hose should connect there.

Air shocks have 2 inherent problems.
1. People use them to hold the weight of the car instead of getting new springs.
This causes the car to ride harsh and rip the shock mounts out.
2. Single valve for both shocks.
This causes pressure transfer from the side that is loaded to the unloaded side causing MORE body roll when cornering.

My Duster had air shocks installed when I bought it.....at 60 psi ! :banghead:


Would love to see some proof of any of these claims. Because people always claim problems and then you find out they have never had any installed.:wack:

My Rot box of a Duster had them for over 15 years no probs at all.
Installed them in an 83 Mirada at 55 PSI and guess what oh yea no problems and it rode great.
Now on order is a set for my Rust Free 74 Valiant
And back in the day people were using air shocks with shock extenders and shackles all adjusted as high as they would go

So please bring on the proof :protest: