Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 21:21
Don,
Polyairs on a cruiser,
1. Jack up the back of the vehicle and support the vehicle with jack stands under the chassis
2. Remove both rear wheels
3. Remove the bolts from the bottom of the shocks and pull the bottom of the shocks away from the shock mounts
4. Remove the rear stabiliser bar
5. Remove diff breather pipe
6. Remove the bolt that holds the brake pipes to the diff houesing and lever the bracket up a little
7. Lower the jack until
the springs can be removed
8. Remove the bump stops ( 12mm socket on extension bar)
9. Useing a 44mm metal cutting hole saw cut a 44mm hole in the top of the spring tower, useing the hole where the bump stop bolt was removed from as a guide
10. Deburr the 44mm hole
11. Put the hose on to the top of the poly bag and pass the hose through the 44mm hole and have the poly bag hanging down where the spring would be
12. Replace the spring ,and have the poly bag in the middle of the spring
13. If a rubber spacer is to be used bolt it to the bottom of the spring
seat
14. Jack the diff housing up until the spring is seated
15. Follow steps from 6 to 1
16. Run air line from the top of the poly bag to a place on the back of the vehicle where the valve can be mounted
17. Make sure the hose is not too short and that it does not get pinched
18. Pump the poly air bags up to 30psi and
check the system for leakes
It is very important to drill the 44mm hole in the top of the spring
seat so that the air line and the top of the poly bag can move around.
I don'y know how many kw my cruiser producers but I have had the impeller changed to a high flow unit and have had the exaust changed to a 2.5" pip with all the mufflers removed and the exaust pipe as straight as possible,eg from the turbo down along side the gear box( same as 100 series) then straight to the rear diff and a neat bend around the fuel tank and out the back. This did give me a lot more torque that I could feel straight away.
Wayne
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