Type 1 Link Pin Weld On Air Ride - Air Ride Installs - Custom Volkswagen Parts

Sep

2009

Type 1 Link Pin Weld On Air Ride

Disconnect the battery. Raise the front of the car and put on jack stands. Remove the wheels. On the driver’s side, remove the circlip attaching the speedometer cable to the dust cap. Remove the dust cap, spindle nut and drum or rotor. Once removed, remove the (3) bolts holding the backing plate onto the spindle and set aside. To remove the spindle you will need to remove the link-pin bolts on the back side of the spindle. When removing the spindle, make sure that you don’t get the shims mixed up and set them aside as inner and outer shims and upper to lower shims. Remove the upper and lower control arms. Remove the center grub screws and remove the factory torsion springs.You can install the Through Rods. The rods will slide through the front end. Do not use the factory grub screws anymore. These inserts allow your front end to move freely and will ultimately rely on the Airkewld’s Custom Air shocks. Install the upper and lower control arms with the supplied hardware as follows: washer, thrust bearing, washer and Hex nut. Tighten all the way down until the arm does not move and back it off ½ turn. Check to make sure that the washer touching the control arm sits flat, if it doesn’t surface it until it does. Then install the clamp collar so that it can not back off and then tighten the allen head screw. This will keep it in place. Then cut off of the excess through rod on each side. Install the spindle into the control arms with the original hardware and adjust the link pins by turning them clockwise, until they tighten up, and then tighten the bolts. Reinstall the backing plates with the original hardware and tighten. Reinstall the drum or rotor and tighten the nut until the rotor cannot turn at all. Then back it off ¼ of a turn. Install the keeper and the jam nut. Reinstall the dust cap and push the speedometer cable through. Attached with the original circlip. Install the air shocks with the stock hardware. If you want the car to sit on the ground you will need to install the upper shock extender. You will need to weld these on. It has a couple different holes to allow you to customize where you want it to sit. With the supplied custom fittings, you will need to use a thread compound or Teflon tape to the air shock. Do not over tighten the fittings that attach to the air shock because you can split them. Be careful. Run your air lines to a tee and install the inflation stem. Then do a leak test on the air lines. Please take your time so you will not have a problem in the future. Use a soapy solution on the fittings and fix if necessary. Reinstall the wheels and remove the jack stands. Make sure the car is inflated so you do not damage your front apron with the floor jack. Now deflate! BOOM! Rock bottom!