Clifford Gottschalk answered my memo about the Air-Lift install I did over the weekend. I wasn't sure whether he responded just to me, or the entire list, so I thought I would reiterate an interesting point he made. If you install the bladders teed together, you have defeated any gains in handling capabilities. When cornering, the extra pressure on the outside bladder will transfer to the inside bladder, potentially adding lift to the inside coil spring. The harder you corner, the more air pressure gets transferred. If you have them pressurised independently, the outside bladder will do what it is supposed to do. If, however, you have installed them to carry more weight and maintain the original height, teeing them together would work OK (provided you don't do any high speed cornering). Anyone else have a comment? Jay '85 Westy |
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