Rerouting shock hoses
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Road Master
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Rerouting shock hoses
Is there anyway to reroute the shock hoses so they are not over the chrome strut covers?
I have thought about taking the covers off and trying to put them underneith some how but it looks like there is not enough room.
I there a reason they are routed this way?
Has anyone changed this so they are not visiable?
Any instructions and pictures?
I have thought about taking the covers off and trying to put them underneith some how but it looks like there is not enough room.
I there a reason they are routed this way?
Has anyone changed this so they are not visiable?
Any instructions and pictures?
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i thought about doing the exact same thing. and thought that if you were to lay some flexible tubing for a mock up, to re route the hoses, it would work. then i got ta thinking, there may be a reason they're routed the way they are, for example, condensation in the line freezing when it gets cold, or the way they might need to flex to fit the connectors. heck i don't know. all i know is that they work, so i've decided to give up on trying to outthink the engineers who designed the system. it could have been done in a much more hidden way though i'd think.
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I don't see why you can't reroute the hoses as long as you find a path that won't rub or melt the tubing. There may be a good reason for how they are routed ... then again, it may just be the simplest way using the least amount of hose. Keep the assembly line as simple as possible.
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I got no instructions or pictures, but last fall a mouse got under my seat and chewed my shock lines into little pieces overnight. I replaced all the line, routed it the way it looked best to keep it out of sight and it has worked well with no problems. It is just air line, as long as it doesn't rub or get pinched, shouldn't matter. WIth the quick disconnects on the fittings it takes longer to take the seat off and put it back on than it does to route and connect the lines.
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the plastic tubing is not expensive. I put a hole in mine last year and picked up some new hose from the dealer for $1 or $2. If I was looking to reroute the lines, I'd probably buy some new tubing and leave the exiting line in place until I had it finished.
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