[Winger77]

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Since I couldn't find a post on how to do this on the 1500, I thought I'd give a shot at a little totorial.

The compressor has little beads in it called "Dessicant" that serves as a water/moisture filter. These beads will become saturated, thus contaminating your air shock.

The compressor is located behind the left saddle bag witch needs to be removed in order to access the compressor. Once you have the bag off, there are 2 air lines and 1 wire connector to disconnect.

First, remove the air line before you remove the mounting bolts.

I found it very difficult to get to the other air line with a wrench while the unit was still mounted. And that air line does not have a swivel connector. So the whole air line would need to be spun, in order to unscrew it from the compressor. So I did the next best thing and spun the compressor from the air line.

So to do this, you can now remove the 2 mounting bolts and the unit is basicly free at this point. But you need to remove one of the inner fender bolts and then push/pry the fender back a little so you can fish out the compressor.

This picture shows the fender bolt removed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Fender pushed off,,,,,,,,,,

Now you can fish out the unit and disconnect the wire,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Now you can get a wrench on the second air line to break it loose and then just spin the whole unit to remove it from the air line.

Once you have it off and on the bench, remove the the large inner clip,,,,,,,,,,,,

Then the top will pull off,,,,, you may need to twist it back and forth, but it is not threaded,,, it will pull right out,,,,,,,,

Next, just pull out the inner filters to expose the little beads "Dessicant",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, DO NOT TIP UPSIDE DOWN,,, or you will lose all the beads on the floor,,,,,,,

Now you can see the Dessicant,,,,, and mine were very pink in color. This is not good, as pink indicates saturation.

All that is needed to dry them is to put them in an oven at 300 degrees for no more then a few minutes. It would probably take longer to toast bread then it would for the beads to dry. So don't forget they are in the oven. When they turn a nice blue, they are dryed.

I used tin foil on a baking pan, and then poured the beads on the foil. This way you can pick up the foil with the beads on it and shape the foil like a funnel to pour them back in the compressor. Sorry I didn't take pics of that procedure, but it's really straight forward I think.

And this is how they looked when I put them back in the compressor.,,,,,,

And like many manuals say at the end ,,,,,,,,,, Reinstall in reverse order :smiler:

 

[Dusty Boots]

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Nice little tutorial, Dave! :applause:



While you were in there, .... did you service the compressor drier filter?



Dusty

 

[Winger77]

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Dusty Boots wrote:

Nice little tutorial, Dave! :applause:



While you were in there, .... did you service the compressor drier filter?



Dusty

You know what pal,,,,,, I did do that as you informed me of it, but forgot to to take pics and all of it.

I'm sure you wouldn't mind filling that part in ,,,,,,,,,,eh

 

[Dusty Boots]

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Just happens I posted about that recently in another thread, so you can read about it here.

I forgot to mention that you clean the fliter element and then add some fine machine oil to the filter and spread it around, squeezing out any excess and then reinstall it. I used 3 in One oil for the filter element.



Dusty

 

[wingsound]

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Dave, I had my compressor out and serviced it this spring following your directions. Some time has passed now and I finally got her back together and rode this weekend. Well the compressor does not work and I cant specifically recall if I plugged it back in or not. I pulled the seat tonight and there is one half of a red 6 pole plug- looks like the one in the first pic of your tutuoial.

So what is that red plug for? I need to find the other half. Is that the cause of the compressor not working?

 

[Winger77]

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I really wish I could answer that for you,, but I can't. I'm truely lost when it comes to electricals.

I would try to get it connected though. It may be tied in some how to power the pump. But I'm just guessing here.

Hopefully someone with more knowledge in that department will chime in.

Sorry I can't help.

 

[Pwhoever]

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The red plug plugs into a anther red connector coming out of the reverse module. You can see it mounted on a bracket just under the trunk on the left side. If it is not plugged in, no reverse.

The air compressor should be plugged into a white connector thats is at the rear of the seat underneath and at the front lower side of the trunk. IIRC, it should be in the slot all the way to the left side. There should be several other individual connectors that mount on either side of a bracket right there. If you have a CB, it should plug into one of these:



Also take a look at #22 on this diagram and it gives you a pretty good idea where it should be.

 

[Snorebaby]

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wingsound wrote:

Dave, I had my compressor out and serviced it this spring following your directions. Some time has passed now and I finally got her back together and rode this weekend. Well the compressor does not work and I cant specifically recall if I plugged it back in or not. I pulled the seat tonight and there is one half of a red 6 pole plug- looks like the one in the first pic of your tutuoial.

So what is that red plug for? I need to find the other half. Is that the cause of the compressor not working?

The compressor uses the 2P white connector. The only red one that I can think of in the rear is for the passenger headset connector. Do you have a pigtail for the passenger to plug their headset into?

 

[wingsound]

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Now that you mention it I recall that it is the intercom connecor I am looking at. I had removed the headset plugset some time ago since it was just hanging out under the seat.

I tugged a little on the wire to the compressor this morning and it feels like it's plugged in down there. I wonder though if I plugged stuff back in at the controller- I had the side fairings off doing maintance too and I'm guessing I missed a plug when putting that back together.I'll check it out tonight.

 

[Pwhoever]

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Thank you Ken and Dave for the info on the air pump. I figured that since I had some down time waiting for my new rear tire to come in, I would prepare for it. Off comes the mufflers, left saddlebag and rear wheel. While I was in there, I had that air pump just staring at me in the face. It has never been serviced so I figured I would finally tackle it. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. The hardest part I think was getting that stupid snap ring out. What a pain it was!!! I think that took me the longest. All the dessicant beads were an awful shade of pink. After cooking them, they did return to a nice deep blue. The only thing I did different than Dave was that I didn't remove the 2 air lines. I did try and every time I went to loosen them, the cap would turn so I couldn't get enough pressure to do it. Turns out that it worked out fine just leaving them connected to the cap. And yes, I did oil the "D" shaped air filter drier element. Thanks for the photos as they really did help out.



Edit: Ooops, now I see in the very first post that I should remove the air fittings "before" removing the mounting bolts...... Either way, I got it done and now I can check one more thing off the list of PM's. And I already did my cruise and sub filters just earlier this year so those are ok....

 

[Winger77]

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Good for you pwhoever :applause:

I'm glad it was helpful for you and anyone else. I know I've gotten a LOTof helpoff of this forum, and I just wanted to be a part of it and toss in what I can.

 

[GWNorman]

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Good thread Dave. I think this would be good to have in the Reference forum.

 

[JWayne]

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Excellent post Dave.

 

[dadztoy]

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Nicely done !! :claps:

 

[Goldwinger]

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I am not 100% sure but I think you can dry the beads in a microwave also. Just have to keep an eye on them.

 

[96aspencade]

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Goldwinger wrote:

I am not 100% sure but I think you can dry the beads in a microwave also. Just have to keep an eye on them.

Will they "pop" :?

 

[Dusty Boots]

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Goldwinger wrote:

I am not 100% sure but I think you can dry the beads in a microwave also. Just have to keep an eye on them.

What's the matter Chuck .... don't know your way around a real oven? :ROFL::ROFL:

 

[pippomaranga]

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and yes.....i also did the same! yaho!!!!! one more step in maching my goldwing fresh! lol!

only one little issue....

the air goes in to the shocks....i sad shocks cous i have the 416 progressive in the back.... everything works god but????

the hose the shuold pump the air in to the tires does not work at all! i can say that eventually even before wansn't really working but why?

i reconected the electric part.....i looked for the hose going from the right side luggage to the compressor......everything seamed to be normal to me...

i pushed the button.....notthing..... i might not use the right buttons? lol....naaaaaa just simply the air hose is dead meanwhile the air that goes to the shocks is perfect!

any idea?

thanks to all

 

[Dusty Boots]

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Pip .... you have to push both the increase button and the pressure check button at the same time,with the bike in neutral and either the bike running, or at least the ignition turned on, to increase the air pressure to the rear shocks. The pressure in the shocks isshown on the LCD screen.



Dusty

 

[Kimswang]

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Pip... I have the same problem. I took apart all the switches but to no avail. I realize that if I hook up the tire hose the air does come out while the compressor is running as if you where pumping up the shocks. If I press "outlet" and "p.check" together I only get a click from a relay down there and no compressor running.