saggy butt :(

[orlasttoy]

After years of taunting me with the SERVICE AIR SUSPENSION warning, she finally crapped out.

What's weird is, shouldn't the rear end be ALL the way down if the bags went? It's low but still driveable (nice & bumpy tho..)

Springs are on their way from gmpartsdirect...hope she lasts until they get here!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/orlasTToy/H2%20mods/saggybutt.jpg

[Jerrh2]

Mines done that. Someone ran into the back of me and somehow my exhaust moved and burnt a hole in the airbag from rubbing up against it. I was towing my jetski and the whole back just dropped on my tires which was pretty embarrassing. Got a tow truck and a whole new airbag and it's been good ever since. Sorry to hear that happen though

[Indy]

There are bump stops on the frame which contact the axle to prevent the tire from complete bottoming out. The Air bags are fairly cheap to replace and there are some write-ups and even a Video on Youtube which go through the steps. It is pretty simple, especially if the original springs already have decompressed. Good luck with it. Cheers, Indy.

[orlasttoy]

Dumb question: are the rear coils & spacers all I need to order to replace the air suspension?
My mechanic told me I need a $325 "conversion kit" which replaces the shocks as well. I hope that's not the case because I already ordered the coils & spacers from GMparts direct! (got the part #s from the forum)
Thanks all.

[guruerror]

I guess that's one way to 'level' the truck out...lol.

[orlasttoy]

Here are the parts I ordered...is this all i need?
Gotta do this ASA the parts come in...I don't wanna damage anything driving around like this!

Part: 15765071*
Category: All
Description: INSULATOR
Min.Qty: 1
Unit Price: $5.84
Quantity: 4
--------------------------------------------------------
Part: 25956182*
Category: Rear Spring
Description: SPRING
Min.Qty: 1
Unit Price: $82.50
Quantity: 1
--------------------------------------------------------
Part: 25956183*
Category: Rear Spring
Description: SPRING
Min.Qty: 1
Unit Price: $82.50
Quantity: 1
================================================== ================

SUB TOTAL: $188.36
SHIPPING: $45.21
TOTAL WITH TAXES: $233.57

[orlasttoy]

Anyone have any input? I'm in the middle of moving & it would be disastrous if my truck crapped out on me!

[Easy Ed]

Sounds like you got it covered, I left the original shocks in when I did mine and they are still "doing their thing" :clapping:

Springs will be marked which side the go on and which side is up since you ordered OEM, there is a post somewhere on here how to tell the difference if they are not marked, just a fyi.

You may have the "service suspension" light come on and there are also some post on that but it won't prevent you from moving so if you cannot get it to go out after the swap, move first then work on getting the light to go out.

Best of luck, Ed

P.S. Welcome to the club :jump:

[orlasttoy]

thanks Ed...yeah I just wanna get it fixed as soon as the parts come in...its a helluva bumpy ride right now!

i cant damage it driving like this can i??

[Easy Ed]

I drove mine for a couple hundred miles that way, rough as he!! but didn't damage anything.

Ed

[orlasttoy]

plus people keep flashing me cuz they think my hi-beams are on! :D

[Bimmer9938]

Were those prices for oem springs?

[orlasttoy]

Part: 15765071*
Category: All
Description: INSULATOR
Min.Qty: 1
Unit Price: $5.84
Quantity: 4
Ext.Price: $23.36
Core Charge: $0.00
--------------------------------------------------------
Part: 25956182*
Category: Rear Spring
Description: SPRING
Min.Qty: 1
Unit Price: $82.50
Quantity: 1
Ext.Price: $82.50
Core Charge: $0.00
--------------------------------------------------------
Part: 25956183*
Category: Rear Spring
Description: SPRING
Min.Qty: 1
Unit Price: $82.50
Quantity: 1
Ext.Price: $82.50
Core Charge: $0.00
================================================== ================

SUB TOTAL: $188.36
SHIPPING: $45.21
TAX: $0.00
TOTAL WITH TAXES: $ 233.57

[orlasttoy]

all fixed! the backend feels like it rides high now..maybe because I drove around w/ a saggy butt for 2 weeks? :)

thanks for all the input!

[orlasttoy]

oh, and NO "service air suspension" warnings! he must have done it right!

[Bimmer9938]

So you converted to springs?

[orlasttoy]

sure did! so far so good....feels a tad more "bouncy" than i remember, but again, i went two rough weeks w/ a sagging rear :)

[Easy Ed]

Glad all went well. Welcome to the coil spring conversion club ;)

Ed

[TheGoodHummerMan]

GMParts Direct states that they will ship to a PO Box if...

QUOTING:

"...your address is a PO BOX we can ship your order, unless the order is over sized or overweight, please contact customer service before placing an order to insure your order can be shipped to a PO BOX if you are unsure. This mainly applies to parts over 70lbs. or that has a length and width total over 9 ft."

Do the two springs and retainers weigh more than 70# :confused:

[Easy Ed]

From what I remember, no, they do not weigh 70 lbs, maybe 40 lbs if that.

"please contact customer service before placing an order to insure your order can be shipped to a PO BOX if you are unsure" might be your best bet.

Good luck, Ed

GMParts Direct states that they will ship to a PO Box if...

QUOTING:

"...your address is a PO BOX we can ship your order, unless the order is over sized or overweight, please contact customer service before placing an order to insure your order can be shipped to a PO BOX if you are unsure. This mainly applies to parts over 70lbs. or that has a length and width total over 9 ft."

Do the two springs and retainers weigh more than 70# :confused:

[orlasttoy]

agreed...no way they weighed 7 lbs

[Dogpoor]

Howdy,
Just bought a 2003 H2 with 50K and the infamous "service air suspension". Got the dealer to knock off $1,500 of his internet price because of it. Got on this here Forum and learned me how to do a coil conversion. Cost about $230 from Amazon. Looks fine, rides fine, no inevitable problem down the road, and with the heigth being correct I've got no warning and I can still the on board compressor.
Thanks for all the postings, I apprecciate it.