[bx24]

Until you get the new ram (and ouch is that pricey), I would go ahead and use the old one. At this point it is kind of like when your brake pads have all the asbestos wear off and the grinding noise is horrid. The damage is done and you cannot really make things worse (and if that ever happens to your car, metal on metal stops a lot better than asbestos on metal!)

I would expect the air will work itself out after a few cycles (at least it did for my log splitter that I built)