High flow AC installation

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

#11

01-08-2014 | 06:57 PM

Bigboyride

Tourer

Joined: Sep 2013

Posts: 453

Likes: 1

From: Flowery Branch GA

Quote:

Originally Posted by milleda31

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?

Yep, I left the clip on the bracket. Not sure what it was for anyway. I lifted the back of the tank and used an Allen head socket with a 1/4" ratchet and it worked great. They were tight!! Did you keep the black rubber on the AC cover? I thought it made it look more finished so I siliconed it onto the cover. Looks good IMO.

Reply Like

#12

01-08-2014 | 09:23 PM

Bearcat1

Tourer

Joined: Jan 2008

Posts: 496

Likes: 6

From: League City, TX

Quote:

Originally Posted by milleda31

The clip is used to hold the 2 connectors that are right there behind it. I think the connectors are part of the fuel injector wiring. So yeah, without the clip you can't snap in the connectors. So I just sort of zip tied them together to keep things from flapping around.

Reply Like

#13

01-09-2014 | 08:47 AM

mistersandman202

Cruiser

Joined: Sep 2013

Posts: 129

Likes: 0

From: St. Simons Island

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bearcat1

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.

This is what I did. It was a bit tight, but just took a little more time & patience. I really wanted to avoid taking the tank all the way off. It worked.

Reply Like

#14

01-09-2014 | 09:26 AM

UltraNutZ

Extreme HDF Member

Joined: Nov 2007

Posts: 14,673

Likes: 138

From: East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Quote:

Originally Posted by milleda31

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

unless for purely cosmetic reasons, no need to change the A/C on 14s to "high flow". that A/C assembly will flow more air than any stage 1 or stage 2 will require with a simple change of the paper element to a K&N element. my .02

Reply Like

#15

01-09-2014 | 09:29 AM

UltraNutZ

Extreme HDF Member

Joined: Nov 2007

Posts: 14,673

Likes: 138

From: East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Quote:

Originally Posted by bikerlaw

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.

Not all aftermarket air cleaners require the removal of this bracket. My suggestion is to pull the stock back plate off, fit the new back into place to see if it's required.

Reply Like

#16

01-09-2014 | 09:37 AM

BlackSpecial

Road Captain

Joined: Jun 2007

Posts: 547

Likes: 2

From: Oregon

I didn't find the need to completely remove the tank when I install my Ness inverted a/c. Just loosened the bolts and tilted it up.

I did fashion a special allen wrench to make it even easier.

Reply Like

#17

01-09-2014 | 09:42 AM

Bigboyride

Tourer

Joined: Sep 2013

Posts: 453

Likes: 1

From: Flowery Branch GA

Quote:

Originally Posted by UltraNutZ

UN you are probably right, but since I am trying to do my Stage 1 this winter and there isnt a K&N replacement yet, I went with the SE with a K&N. I might should have waited, but I have never been known for my patience..

I did keep everything that I took off incase i want to change back later.

Reply Like

#18

01-09-2014 | 04:19 PM

bf2002flht

Advanced

Joined: Sep 2010

Posts: 75

Likes: 7

I just used my allen wrench to remove bothe bolts without touching the tank at all, lucky I guess. The plastic piece seperates the ACR wire harness. I put the two bolts back in the throttle body and saved the bracket(s) in case I ever want to out it back to stosk.

Reply Like