The air bags are installed on the suspension frame under the van.
Installing a Firestone air bag or air spring Testament garner your vehicle commensurate and accumulation your vehicle's stability. Installing the Firestone air spring doesn't thirst for to drill any components in your vehivle and all you necessitate moreover to the air spring equipment is a socket wrench. The air spring Testament control you unharmed on the course of action and deliver you still in genius in apprehensive that the load you are carrying in your vehicle is accurate and protected.
Instructions
1. Lift the hood of the vehicle and disconnect the antagonistic battery cable. Lower the hood.
2. Practise the air spring bracket.14. Install the tubing into the second air spring using the above steps.15.
District the heat shield on the spring prior to installing the upper bracket. The heat shield is a thin metal plenty with a copious gap that is fitted over the spring. Pre-install the bolts and encompass the shield to the upper bracket. Tighten the bolt completely to secure the upper bracket to the spring assembly.
4. Install air line fitting into the air inlet. Tighten it with the wrench.
5. Pre-assemble the left driver air spring using the above steps.
6. Remove the rubber gouge bumper located above the rear axle.
7. Take the right-side air spring axle and position it above the rear axle. Install the upper bracket to the frame by inserting the bolts into the brackets slots. Fasten all four bolts to the frame with a wrench.
8. Fasten the lower bracket to the axle with the axle strap. Hand-tighten the nuts in the bracket to fasten them to the strap.
9. Install the bale clamp around the lower bracket using nuts. Hand-tighten the nuts.
10. Tighten the nuts on the bale clamp with a socket wrench. Then tighten the nuts on the nuts in the bracket connecting to the axle strap. Go the right side of the vehicle and use the socket wrench to tighten the bolts in the air spring brackets to the vehicle.
11. Install the airline tubing. Unravel the tubing. Cut between two even lengths with a pair of cable cutters. Insert one end over the top of the air spring and insert it into the fitting.
12. Install the air inflation valve in an accessible location. Use the washer and nuts to install. Drive a 5 1/16-inch hole in the corner of the vehicle's frame.
13. Run the tube to the hole and insert the end into the air inflation valve. Use a nylon tie to tie the tubing in place so that it is not getting in the way.
The brackets are noted "Left" and "Licence." Install the lower bracket on the backside of the air spring. Appliance a 3-inch socket wrench and turn it clockwise to tighten the bracket securely.3. Turn the air spring over.
Inflate the air springs at 50 pounds per square inch. Insert the gauge into the air inflation valve and inflate the springs.
16. Spray the tubing connection with water and water on the fitting to see if there is a leak. Expanding bubbles will appear around the fitting to indicate there is a leak. Tighten the fitting until the leak stops.
17.Raise the hood of the vehicle and reconnect the negative battery cable. Lower the hood.
