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Strut bladders work as membranes only and must be contained by the sewn sleeve of the strut. Struts are usually inflated to between 6psi and 10psi. A bladder not contained and supported by a sewn outer sleeve will swell and burst with just 2psi. A bladder that is twisted or short will swell until it is restricted by the sewn sleeve or bursts. Make sure that the bladder is supported at all points by the sewn sleeve and does not need to stretch to fill any voids.



if the AIRTIME bladder is longer than the original, you can shorten the length of the bladder by inverting the end of the bladder back inside itself.		invert the head of the strut back inside itself regardless of the size difference between the AIRTIME replacement bladder and the original bladder.		run a flying line in the inflation valve hole and out the tail of the strut. tie the flying line off to the valve.



pull the bladder into the strut sleeve by the flying line. you may need to push the valve into the tail of the sleeve with your fingers before pulling with the flying line.		make sure the bladder end extends all the way to the end of the bladder sleeve and that the bladder end is properly secured when the sleeve end is closed.		seat the valve in the hole in the strut sleeve. before inflating the bladder you need to shake the bladder down to fill the void in front of the inflation valve. hold the tail of the strut sleeve and repeatedly shake the bladder down towards the end with a number of brisk jerks.


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