[encantotom]

i am playing around with different size orfices on the leveling valves to help raise the back faster. i am in the process of trying to find valve bodies that have 1/8 inch orfices (which is the biggest we can use without a higher wattage coil).

i think that is what the valids have in the rear as bobs raised much faster in the rear than my 02 does....much faster.

i worked on bob's 07 with the valid system and they had 3/8 inch lines on all the bags.

the line coming off of the front six pack is a 3/8 line to the ping tank. then the ping tank to the bag is the firehose size.

i am sure there was some rational, but i dont know what it could be. the classics had no ping tanks and 3/8 lines from the valves directly to the bags. (i changed all 8 bags on a gurus classic).

i have had a leak at my front drivers side for ever. i changed the bag, no change, i rebuilt the valves, no joy. sprayed about 80 gallons of bubbles, no joy. problem is i am too big to get up there to look. i suspect i either have a leak on that big line from the tank to the bag, the fittings on top of the tank etc. or that frame rail tank itself.

if you can find a bag that has the same dimensions but doesnt have the humongo input line, i think you are fine. being able to raise the bag will not be changed as it is still the same valve in the six pack that feeds it. and the orfice is 3/32 and the line coming off is 3/8.

ithe other question i ask myself is can we just eliminate the ping tanks without sacraficing any ride quality. from spending time under bobs 07, they do not have ping tanks. just supply tanks for each side....in fact the 07 only had 5 tanks as far as we could tell....total.

others please pitch in.

tom