diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/acl/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/acl/requests.go
index 94d98e3..d4ce7c0 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/acl/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/acl/requests.go
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("POST", rootURL(client, loadBalancerID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody: &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:  []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = client.Post(rootURL(client, loadBalancerID), reqBody, nil, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -95,19 +91,14 @@
 	url := rootURL(c, loadBalancerID)
 	url += gophercloud.IDSliceToQueryString("id", itemIDs)
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", url, gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(url, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // Delete will remove a single network item from a load balancer's access list.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID, itemID int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", resourceURL(c, lbID, itemID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(resourceURL(c, lbID, itemID), nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -115,8 +106,6 @@
 // effectively resetting it and allowing all traffic.
 func DeleteAll(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(rootURL(c, lbID), nil)
 	return res
 }
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/lbs/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/lbs/requests.go
index 49a46f6..46f5f02 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/lbs/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/lbs/requests.go
@@ -227,12 +227,7 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("POST", rootURL(c), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Post(rootURL(c), reqBody, &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -243,9 +238,8 @@
 func Get(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) GetResult {
 	var res GetResult
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("GET", resourceURL(c, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
+	_, res.Err = c.Get(resourceURL(c, id), &res.Body, &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		OkCodes: []int{200},
 	})
 
 	return res
@@ -269,21 +263,14 @@
 	url := rootURL(c)
 	url += gophercloud.IDSliceToQueryString("id", ids)
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", url, gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(url, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // Delete removes a single load balancer.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", resourceURL(c, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(resourceURL(c, id), nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -363,11 +350,7 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("PUT", resourceURL(c, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody: &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:  []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Put(resourceURL(c, id), reqBody, nil, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -394,10 +377,7 @@
 func IsLoggingEnabled(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) (bool, error) {
 	var body interface{}
 
-	_, err := client.Request("GET", loggingURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
+	_, err := client.Get(loggingURL(client, id), &body, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -420,39 +400,22 @@
 
 // EnableLogging will enable connection logging for a specified load balancer.
 func EnableLogging(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) gophercloud.ErrResult {
-	reqBody := toConnLoggingMap(true)
 	var res gophercloud.ErrResult
-
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("PUT", loggingURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody: &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:  []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = client.Put(loggingURL(client, id), toConnLoggingMap(true), nil, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // DisableLogging will disable connection logging for a specified load balancer.
 func DisableLogging(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) gophercloud.ErrResult {
-	reqBody := toConnLoggingMap(false)
 	var res gophercloud.ErrResult
-
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("PUT", loggingURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody: &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:  []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = client.Put(loggingURL(client, id), toConnLoggingMap(false), nil, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // GetErrorPage will retrieve the current error page for the load balancer.
 func GetErrorPage(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) ErrorPageResult {
 	var res ErrorPageResult
-
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("GET", errorPageURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = client.Get(errorPageURL(client, id), &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -464,10 +427,8 @@
 	type stringMap map[string]string
 	reqBody := map[string]stringMap{"errorpage": stringMap{"content": html}}
 
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("PUT", errorPageURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
+	_, res.Err = client.Put(errorPageURL(client, id), reqBody, &res.Body, &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		OkCodes: []int{200},
 	})
 
 	return res
@@ -476,23 +437,16 @@
 // DeleteErrorPage will delete the current error page for the load balancer.
 func DeleteErrorPage(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) gophercloud.ErrResult {
 	var res gophercloud.ErrResult
-
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("DELETE", errorPageURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+	_, res.Err = client.Delete(errorPageURL(client, id), &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
 		OkCodes: []int{200},
 	})
-
 	return res
 }
 
 // GetStats will retrieve detailed stats related to the load balancer's usage.
 func GetStats(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) StatsResult {
 	var res StatsResult
-
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("GET", statsURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = client.Get(statsURL(client, id), &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -507,10 +461,7 @@
 func IsContentCached(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) (bool, error) {
 	var body interface{}
 
-	_, err := client.Request("GET", cacheURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
+	_, err := client.Get(cacheURL(client, id), &body, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -533,26 +484,14 @@
 
 // EnableCaching will enable content-caching for the specified load balancer.
 func EnableCaching(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) gophercloud.ErrResult {
-	reqBody := toCachingMap(true)
 	var res gophercloud.ErrResult
-
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("PUT", cacheURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody: &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:  []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = client.Put(cacheURL(client, id), toCachingMap(true), nil, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // DisableCaching will disable content-caching for the specified load balancer.
 func DisableCaching(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) gophercloud.ErrResult {
-	reqBody := toCachingMap(false)
 	var res gophercloud.ErrResult
-
-	_, res.Err = client.Request("PUT", cacheURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody: &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:  []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = client.Put(cacheURL(client, id), toCachingMap(false), nil, nil)
 	return res
 }
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/monitors/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/monitors/requests.go
index 917282c..d4ba276 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/monitors/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/monitors/requests.go
@@ -141,33 +141,20 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("PUT", rootURL(c, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody: &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:  []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Put(rootURL(c, id), reqBody, nil, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // Get is the operation responsible for showing details of a health monitor.
 func Get(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) GetResult {
 	var res GetResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("GET", rootURL(c, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Get(rootURL(c, id), &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // Delete is the operation responsible for deleting a health monitor.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", rootURL(c, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(rootURL(c, id), nil)
 	return res
 }
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/nodes/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/nodes/requests.go
index 86fe5d7..02af86b 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/nodes/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/nodes/requests.go
@@ -112,11 +112,8 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	resp, err := client.Request("POST", rootURL(client, loadBalancerID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{202},
-	})
+	resp, err := client.Post(rootURL(client, loadBalancerID), reqBody, &res.Body, nil)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		res.Err = err
 		return res
@@ -145,22 +142,14 @@
 	url := rootURL(c, loadBalancerID)
 	url += gophercloud.IDSliceToQueryString("id", nodeIDs)
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", url, gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(url, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // Get is the operation responsible for showing details for a single node.
 func Get(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID, nodeID int) GetResult {
 	var res GetResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("GET", resourceURL(c, lbID, nodeID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Get(resourceURL(c, lbID, nodeID), &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -213,20 +202,14 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("PUT", resourceURL(c, lbID, nodeID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody: &reqBody,
-		OkCodes:  []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Put(resourceURL(c, lbID, nodeID), reqBody, nil, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // Delete is the operation responsible for permanently deleting a node.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID, nodeID int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", resourceURL(c, lbID, nodeID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(resourceURL(c, lbID, nodeID), nil)
 	return res
 }
 
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/sessions/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/sessions/requests.go
index 5572407..a93d766 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/sessions/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/sessions/requests.go
@@ -42,12 +42,7 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("PUT", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Put(rootURL(c, lbID), reqBody, &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -55,12 +50,7 @@
 // persistence configuration for a particular load balancer.
 func Get(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID int) GetResult {
 	var res GetResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("GET", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Get(rootURL(c, lbID), &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -68,10 +58,6 @@
 // particular load balancer.
 func Disable(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID int) DisableResult {
 	var res DisableResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(rootURL(c, lbID), nil)
 	return res
 }
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/ssl/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/ssl/requests.go
index e9c6514..bb53ef8 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/ssl/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/ssl/requests.go
@@ -85,12 +85,9 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("PUT", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
+	_, res.Err = c.Put(rootURL(c, lbID), reqBody, &res.Body, &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		OkCodes: []int{200},
 	})
-
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -98,12 +95,7 @@
 // Termination configuration for a load balancer.
 func Get(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID int) GetResult {
 	var res GetResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("GET", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Get(rootURL(c, lbID), &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -111,11 +103,9 @@
 // configuration for a load balancer.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(rootURL(c, lbID), &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
 		OkCodes: []int{200},
 	})
-
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -180,10 +170,8 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("POST", certURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
+	_, res.Err = c.Post(certURL(c, lbID), reqBody, &res.Body, &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		OkCodes: []int{200},
 	})
 
 	return res
@@ -192,12 +180,7 @@
 // GetCert will show the details of an existing SSL certificate.
 func GetCert(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID, certID int) GetCertResult {
 	var res GetCertResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("GET", certResourceURL(c, lbID, certID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Get(certResourceURL(c, lbID, certID), &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -247,12 +230,7 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("PUT", certResourceURL(c, lbID, certID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Put(certResourceURL(c, lbID, certID), reqBody, &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -261,7 +239,7 @@
 func DeleteCert(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID, certID int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", certResourceURL(c, lbID, certID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(certResourceURL(c, lbID, certID), &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
 		OkCodes: []int{200},
 	})
 
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/throttle/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/throttle/requests.go
index 2680a89..0446b97 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/throttle/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/throttle/requests.go
@@ -55,12 +55,7 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("PUT", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Put(rootURL(c, lbID), reqBody, &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -68,12 +63,7 @@
 // throttling configuration for a load balancer.
 func Get(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID int) GetResult {
 	var res GetResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("GET", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{200},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Get(rootURL(c, lbID), &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -81,10 +71,6 @@
 // configuration for a load balancer.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(rootURL(c, lbID), nil)
 	return res
 }
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests.go
index d52a73a..2bc924f 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests.go
@@ -67,12 +67,7 @@
 		return res
 	}
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("POST", rootURL(c, lbID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		JSONBody:     &reqBody,
-		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:      []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Post(rootURL(c, lbID), reqBody, &res.Body, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -90,18 +85,13 @@
 	url := rootURL(c, loadBalancerID)
 	url += gophercloud.IDSliceToQueryString("id", vipIDs)
 
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", url, gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
-
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(url, nil)
 	return res
 }
 
 // Delete is the operation responsible for permanently deleting a VIP.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID, vipID int) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", resourceURL(c, lbID, vipID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
-		OkCodes: []int{202},
-	})
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(resourceURL(c, lbID, vipID), nil)
 	return res
 }