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Old Aug 7, 2018 | 09:42 PM
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Default Problem with Harleys air shocks leaking.

The OL and I were gonna go for a bit of a ride last nite so I thought I'd check the pressure in the OEM air shocks on my Eglide. Imagine my surprise when I attached the pump and all the air bled out of the system. Lovely, what do I do now (besides get rid of them and buy a set of some good shocks). So after farting around looking for the source of the leak I finally found it in the pump. The sleeve that houses the pump plunger had started to unscrew for some reason. So I tightened it up, tried again and yippee we got pressure. Just in case anyone runs into the same problem.
 
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