I just finished my coil spring conversion and new shocks!!!

I will not have to worry about the air suspension anymore.

I should have done this a long time ago !!



Ralph

www.ralphduke.com

 

Nice! Did you have to use a tap for the bolt holes for the spring seats?

 

No the holes are already there.

 

Agreed. Was just wondering why the write up in the how-to section used a tap and if it was necessary. I assume he just used some bigger bolts or the threads were stripped?

 

The hole is there but not tapped. Use a 10mm x 1.5 tap. Then you bolt down the
spring seat.

Did my conversion the other day.

 

Did my 97 p38 a few years ago, really takes a load off not having to worry about that bad air system having your truck look like a low rider when you come out one day to go to work............haha

 

yes the holes are there and we had to tap them out to 10mm.

took about 15 mins
I also put on new shocks as well
the whole operation took about 2 hours, and we had never done anything like this before.

my friend had the jacks, jack stand, and the tools.

Ralph

www.ralphduke.com

 

What did you do about the compressor? Did you have to disarm it or something so that it would quit operating?

 

How often do air springs go bad? I'm asking because I really don’t see a lot of threads on the subject. So why do people spend so much time "worrying" about them?

I could see maybe doing this if there were a problem and either a spring or compressor needed replacement but why replace a perfectly functioning system? Unless I'm missing something.

 

kcabpilot, my problem is that my rear airbags keep deflating and because they are so expensive I want to switch over to the hassle free coil spring suspension. The only thing stopping me from doing it right now is that I am not sure on how to handle the compressor once I have converted to spring.