REMOVAL:

1) Turn off suspension switch in trunk.

2) Jack up rear of vehicle and put on jackstands "UNDERNEATH THE FRAME...not the rear axle! Rear suspension needs to hang.

3) To release the air inside the air spring, remove solenoid retaing clip and twist solenoid until it stops at its first stop. (air should escape rapidly)

4) Remove 2 pin connector from solenoid on air spring. Remove air line from solenoid.

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.

5) Go in between the top of the tire and fender lip and remove lock clip where the top of the air spring goes through the upper brace.

6) If bottom of air spring has not yet unhooked from axle housing,use a pry bar and seperate it from the perch.

7) If the spring has not yet fallen out, just pull on it and remove.

INSTALLATION:

1) Put top of spring in its mounting area and connect air line and solenoid connector.When installing a "non-inflated" air spring, use a floor jack or something,(closing the area between the axle and spring, will hold the spring in place) to raise up the rear axle so the bottom of the spring will drop into place on the axle.

DO THIS EXACTLY!

2) Turn suspension switch back on and turn the ignition to the on position.

3) Push down metal tab and disconnect height sensor on its bottom mount. Collapse or push the sensor together.

NOTE:This makes the module "think" the car is real low, and the module will signal the compressor to come on.

4) After the compressor comes on for about 15 seconds(no wrinkles in spring), connect the sensor back to its ball stud.

5) IMMEDIATELY GET UP AND TURN THE SUSPENSION SWITCH OFF!

6) Turn the ignition switch off as well.

7)Install lock clip back on the top of the air spring.

8) Take vehicle off of jackstands.

9) Crank up car and let the compressor run until it stops.

Your all done and you saved yourself a ton of money