grumbleweed
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I have just taken off the airbags in anticipation of the springs that will hopefully arrive tomorrow.
REALLY easy to do. You need two jacks, the LR one to raise and lower the axle, and a jack on the chassis.
Big flathead screwdriver to remove clips top and bottoms, two each end. Small things they are and are easily removed. Next remove pipework from unit - i cut mine as i am not replacing the springs with bags- see rave manual on how to remove pipes without marmalising the pipe. A small cut will introduce a nice hiss to de-pressurise the bag. DONT use snips to do this as it will go off like a noisy thing!!
Once bag is depressurised, using the axle jack, lower the axle about 4-5 inches. This will give you enough room to simply pull the unit out of the mountings!!
It's the same for front and rear. The front is a little more tricky, as the unit is taller, and the brakepipes are in the way a little. I had to drop the axle another couple of inches to get it out.
After that, remove ECU and relays from under the drivers seat.
To remove the Valve-block and compressor, there are 4 10mm bolts. 2 each end of the unit. The whole things comes out easy enough. Same goes for the air tank on the other side.
To get the pipes out of the units, i found that an adjusti spanner pressed on the collets with a good tug makes things far easier.
The heigh correctors again are easy to get off. There are 2 or 3 8mm bolts holding them on the chassis. There is a 13mm nut on the radius arm which is nigh on impossible to get off.
Wheel off
Jack up body
Lower axle
undo clips and pull out
Old Bag
Valves
Air tank
ECU
Compressor
Height corrector
REALLY easy to do. You need two jacks, the LR one to raise and lower the axle, and a jack on the chassis.
Big flathead screwdriver to remove clips top and bottoms, two each end. Small things they are and are easily removed. Next remove pipework from unit - i cut mine as i am not replacing the springs with bags- see rave manual on how to remove pipes without marmalising the pipe. A small cut will introduce a nice hiss to de-pressurise the bag. DONT use snips to do this as it will go off like a noisy thing!!
Once bag is depressurised, using the axle jack, lower the axle about 4-5 inches. This will give you enough room to simply pull the unit out of the mountings!!
It's the same for front and rear. The front is a little more tricky, as the unit is taller, and the brakepipes are in the way a little. I had to drop the axle another couple of inches to get it out.
After that, remove ECU and relays from under the drivers seat.
To remove the Valve-block and compressor, there are 4 10mm bolts. 2 each end of the unit. The whole things comes out easy enough. Same goes for the air tank on the other side.
To get the pipes out of the units, i found that an adjusti spanner pressed on the collets with a good tug makes things far easier.
The heigh correctors again are easy to get off. There are 2 or 3 8mm bolts holding them on the chassis. There is a 13mm nut on the radius arm which is nigh on impossible to get off.
Wheel off
Jack up body
Lower axle
undo clips and pull out
Old Bag
Valves
Air tank
ECU
Compressor
Height corrector
