Originally Posted by jrpease

There is definitely a specialty tool. There are ways to get the line out if you're patient enough, but the tool I am speaking of slides around the tube and you push it into the fitting. It then pushes the nubs out unlocking the tube and letting it slide in.

Originally Posted by jrpease

I just did the Spring/Strut conversions yesterday bud. It's easy. Took 2 hours, and that was with a trip to Harbor Freight to get the spring compressors. There's a shield that is bolted under the left side of the frame so I kept a jack on the left side and a stand on the right. Once you know where the clips are holding the bags in place it's an easy swap. I went with the suncore springs and gas shocks. 357 plus shipping(free for me cause I'm military which was a nice bonus. UPS had them to me in Utah in 5 shipping days. Definitely worth not having to worry about the air ride system anymore. My right air bag had a silver dollar sized hole in it and the compressor burned out trying to keep the truck up. 550 for the compressor and 200 for each bag?? Plus there were signs of dryrot on my left bag so that was going soon too. No thanks, springs and struts it is. Now no more worries! Good luck