REMOVING
THE AIR LINES FROM A DRYER OR SOLENOID
HOW
DOES IT WORK?
The air lines are held in a dryer or solenoid by means of
a little brass collet on each air line. This collet allows the air line to go
in easily, but the 4 little jaws dig in making it difficult for the line to pull
out.
HOW
DO YOU REMOVE THE AIR LINES?
The
way the factory designed the air lines to be released, is to push the little orange
collar in towards the dryer with one hand, and pull the line out of the dryer/solenoid
with the other hand.
NOTE:
While
this was the way it was designed to work, in reality, if the air lines have been
in the collet long enough, the 4 little jaws of the collet may have "dug
in" and may require a little more effort to remove.
If
you try the normal route to remove the lines and it gives you a hard time, try
pushing the line in with one hand while pushing the orange collar in with the
other hand. This will "usually" help release a stuck collet jaw.
Keep
in mind, if your car is say '93 or so, those collets have been "dugg-in" to those
lines for a long time. It may take a few times to get it.
