freek517
New Member
Replacing both airsprings on the Disco2 took 1 hour. Following Urban Panzer's "manual" it is a piece of cake. Springs ordered at Chris McKnight's and toggled along like the "manual" advised. However on two issues I went my own way:
First of all, every manual states that dirt in the airlines can seriously harm the system, so instead of unscrewing the lines completely from the compressor valveblock I unscrewed them just far enough to let the air escape, making capping off the open ends unnecessary and avoiding the risk of ruining the threads (esp. because the sidestep is a wee in the way, making the compressor unit somewhat difficult to approach)or mixing them up .
The second diversion was at the end of the airhose where it enters the airspring. In my case the hose was topped off with a open "o" ring that would squeeze into the brass union a therefore making itself airtight. I carefully opened the ring and was able to slide it off - hereby saving (scarse) line length, because I didn't have to cut them off.
Pushed the line into the fitting and returned to Panzer's manual. For which I am very grateful.
First of all, every manual states that dirt in the airlines can seriously harm the system, so instead of unscrewing the lines completely from the compressor valveblock I unscrewed them just far enough to let the air escape, making capping off the open ends unnecessary and avoiding the risk of ruining the threads (esp. because the sidestep is a wee in the way, making the compressor unit somewhat difficult to approach)or mixing them up .
The second diversion was at the end of the airhose where it enters the airspring. In my case the hose was topped off with a open "o" ring that would squeeze into the brass union a therefore making itself airtight. I carefully opened the ring and was able to slide it off - hereby saving (scarse) line length, because I didn't have to cut them off.
Pushed the line into the fitting and returned to Panzer's manual. For which I am very grateful.