straight forward. First of, jack up the
rear end and place firmly on jack
stands. Next, I removed the bumpstop
brackets. A grinder and an air chisel
work great for this. Use an angle
grinder to take down the welds on the
sides of the bumpstop, and the air
chisel to pull them all the way off.
Next , un-bolt the U-bolts to free the
rear end from the spring. I suggest
only doing on side a ta time to help
keep everything lined up properly.
Now you need to remove the center
bolt that holds the spring pack
together and keeps the rear properly
positioned. The bolt has a stud on it
instead of a regular hex head, so a
good set of vice grips is needed to
hold on to it. Make sure you lube the
hell out of it too, because it's probably
just a bit rusty. Once the bolt is out,
the pack will kinda fly appart. It's
under a decent ammount of pressure.
We just used a long ratchet and
stayed the hell out of the way. we left
the retaining clamp in up front, so the
spring swung down. Alternatively, we
probably should have used a chain or
clamp to keep the spring from popping
and then slowly released it. Oh well.
Replace the center spring pack bolt. I
also retained the overload leaf, just to
be safe. The bolt will need to be
trimmed down a bit to clear the lower
U-bolt plate. After the bolt is
re-installed, it's time to put everything
back together and install the bags.
Put the entire unit together. Make
sure the bagis straight and the top
and bottom mounts are parallel to
each other. You'll need to use a
clamp to pull tab on the lower mount
flush with the spring. It sits over the
spring pack bolt, and if it's not flat to
the frame, you won't be able to
properly re-install your block or rear
end because the pin won't clear the
top of the tab From here on out, just
follow the instructions provided by
AirLift, and you'll be set.
