High flow AC installation
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High flow AC installation
I have a 2014 FLHXS and I am going to install the HD high flow air cleaner. Instructions say to remove the gas tank.
I didn't have to when I did my previous bike.
Anyone put it on without removing the tank. Is it just so it doesn't get dinged?
Thanks
I didn't have to when I did my previous bike.
Anyone put it on without removing the tank. Is it just so it doesn't get dinged?
Thanks
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To do that, there is an allen bolt on the top of the throttle body that is very difficult to get at without removing the tank. Some have had success getting to it without removing the tank, but removing the tank is pretty easy anyway.
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Since you have to remove all the tank bolts to lift it up some it's not much harder to just go ahead and remove it. But about a 6" piece of a 2 x 4 will lift your tank up just enough to get to those bolts with a rachet. No problem at all.
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May I please bud in here. I have a new S&S high flow sitting in the box that I have been meaning to put on my 2013 Road King. Are these two screws unique to the 2014s, or will I have the same issue with my 13? Sorry to thread jump.
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Same deal
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I finished it. Pulled the tank all the way off. I've done it a few times on my old bike (08 SG) so it wasn't a big deal. Just a few butterflies on a new one...
The two bolts in question were really in tight. I don't think I would have got them out without lifting the tank.
You guys that have done it on a 14. There was a plastic clip on the induction module bracket (Part "B" in the diagram I attached above) that held two connectors. Can't have the clip without the induction module bracket. I assume you leave the clip out?
The two bolts in question were really in tight. I don't think I would have got them out without lifting the tank.
You guys that have done it on a 14. There was a plastic clip on the induction module bracket (Part "B" in the diagram I attached above) that held two connectors. Can't have the clip without the induction module bracket. I assume you leave the clip out?
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Watch the wrenches in the shops, the loosen the front mount, remove the rear bolt and block the tank just enough for clearance, saves a little bit of time, and heartache should one drop the tank pulling it fully off.
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Well done! If nothing else, it gives the chance to check things under the tank...never a bad idea.
