Disconnect air dump valve??

[Biosafena]

Being that my air compressor for the rear shock has died, I am using my home air compressor to manually inflate the rear shock. At the advice of others, I am running about 65 psi and the ride is good. The problem is the system doesn't know the compressor has died and will periodically dump some air from the rear shock based on ride height, bike attitude, etc and after a while it has the rear shock down to about 25 psi, which is way too soft requiring me to make a pit stop in the garage for more air. Is here any easy way to disconnect the air dump valve or the whole system without throwing a code until I can make to the trek to he dealer for proper repair?


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[NancysToy]

I'm not positive, but it looks like pulling the suspension relay (R1) should do the trick. Not sure if it will cause an alarm, or work at all, but it it worth a try. Don't forget to put it back in before you turn it over to the dealer for repairs.

 

[Biosafena]

Thanks for the input. I will give it a shot. If it does throw a code, just plugging it back in should make it happy and clear the code??


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[NancysToy]

Yes, plugging it back in, and maybe a reboot, should do the trick. I doubt you will see a code, however.

 

[Bob Denman]

Please be sure and let us know if this works for you; good luck! :thumbup:

 

[Biosafena]

Well, I pulled the relay and no sooner did I start to back out of the barn did I hear air being released from the rear. Sooooo....I figured I would pull the plug from the ride height sensor and see what that did. TahDah!! It now holds air and does not dump it. I put 70 psi in and wow does it ride nice and firm! And no codes thrown! I did notice one thing that had me a little puzzled; the upper portion of the coil spring is wet with oil. I figured it would most likely be from a failed shock, but the body of he shock is near the lower mount, not the top and the shock body is dry. Any ideas?? Wonder if the oil could be from the failed compressor? I'm not even sure exactly where they stuffed the darn thing.


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[NancysToy]

Well, I pulled the relay and no sooner did I start to back out of the barn did I hear air being released from the rear. Sooooo....I figured I would pull the plug from the ride height sensor and see what that did. TahDah!! It now holds air and does not dump it. I put 70 psi in and wow does it ride nice and firm! And no codes thrown! I did notice one thing that had me a little puzzled; the upper portion of the coil spring is wet with oil. I figured it would most likely be from a failed shock, but the body of he shock is near the lower mount, not the top and the shock body is dry. Any ideas?? Wonder if the oil could be from the failed compressor? I'm not even sure exactly where they stuffed the darn thing.


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Interesting! The release sonenoid must be normally open. No wonder the Spyder has a substantial electrical load. You would think they would have done it the other way around.

Not sure about the exact location of the compressor, but the oil could well be from a failed unit.

 

[Biosafena]

I agree. Sometimes it is a real head scratcher why they had to engineer things exactly the opposite way they would normally be. I will say this much, at no time since new have i had a ride that is as firm as it is now. Even with the system set to the firmest setting, it was nowhere close to what it is now. It really took some of the sway out of the bike.


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[Bob Denman]

If you hit BRP's online parts manual, it would give you an idea of how the rear suspension parts kind of fit together...

 

[Biosafena]

If it was only as simple as "tab-A" into "slot-B". . Thanks! Didn't think about that. I will give it an eyeball.


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