Air shock leaking air
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You quite possibly have blown the air bag itself! If you used a standard tire pump or an air compressor you probably have permanently damaged the shocks.
Check your manual for the maximum pressure. I think 45 pounds is too much.
Using a high pressure device to fill the shocks can blow them in an instant. That's why they make an air pump that delivers 1/8 to 1/4 pound per pump. And believe everyone that tells you connecting and disconnecting the Harley pump is a "zero loss" connection. Not even my air compressor pumping up my tires is loss less.
Check your manual for the maximum pressure. I think 45 pounds is too much.
Using a high pressure device to fill the shocks can blow them in an instant. That's why they make an air pump that delivers 1/8 to 1/4 pound per pump. And believe everyone that tells you connecting and disconnecting the Harley pump is a "zero loss" connection. Not even my air compressor pumping up my tires is loss less.
I was thinking bout the 12" Street Glide shocks but I already scrape the (1/2 in' extended floorboards) more so with no air.
And lowering the back an inch , what will that do to the front and my (shorter windshield) as far as proper height?
Anyway to test the shocks themselves? I see the previous post listed a stethoscope. Any other way?
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You could bypass all the tubing and the splitter and put schraders on the actual shock. The valve fit right on my new HD shock. Had to reconfigure it when I discovered the ancient shocks on my bike used a slightly different size connections and line. So I did away with the lines and actually fill my shocks at each shock for now. Yeah, I have to take off my saddlebag lids to do so but I only adjust them from time to time. Someday I may get the correct fit kit.
I also had an issue with the previous owner putting on those steel block drop kits on it. They shift the shock travel angle, and on mine it had snapped the bottom bolt mount right off the shock and drained it. The other was a big rip in the actual bag from a blowout.
Man did it ever do a number on the inside wall of both of my saddlebags.
I also had an issue with the previous owner putting on those steel block drop kits on it. They shift the shock travel angle, and on mine it had snapped the bottom bolt mount right off the shock and drained it. The other was a big rip in the actual bag from a blowout.
Man did it ever do a number on the inside wall of both of my saddlebags.
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I used the soapy water to check all of my connections tonight and found one leaking. While I was at it I then trimmed all the ends of the lines for GP and reinserted into the connections. During the maintenance, I found that you can pull the plastic collars out too far and create a leak at that point. Double check your connections!
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