Air Ride ... saga continues.

[Michael Humphries <mjhumphri@xxxxxxxxx>]

My father just converted his air ride a couple months
ago. He cut the spring mounts off a Dynasty rear axle,
trimed it to fit flat over top of the original
imperial spring mount, drilled a hole thought the
Dynasty mount to line up with where the imperial
spring bolted, and bolted the Dynsty mount with the
rubber isolator in...

I know of another person who skipped the rubber
isolator all together, but built a steel puck to
locate the lower part of the spring into the the
original Imperial axle. The puck was again bolted in
using the hole where the original air sping bolted
down.

I'm sure there are many methods to accomplish this
conversion without changing the whole rear axle. Any
way that ensures the spring will not come out, break,
or wear should be acceptable.



--- Allan Williams <allanwms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I bought a '93 New Yorker Salon off of ebay for the
> conversion, but I may have to find another donor and
> use it as a commuter.
> 
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7903209320&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
> 
> thanks 
> Allan
> --- Mark Swingle <mark.swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > it is true, the mounts are welded to the axle. 
> > However, I used the rear
> > coils from a Dynasty.  I suspect they are not
> going
> > anywhere even though the
> > mount is slightly different than on the Dynasty
> they
> > came from.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 1990 Chrysler Imperial
> > Decatur, GA
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Allan Williams
> > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:50 AM
> > To: imperial
> > Subject: IML: Air Ride ... saga continues.
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I pulled my '90 Imperial into my shop and hoisted
> > the
> > front end.  I pulled the right front wheel to
> > examine
> > the flacid air spring.  I disconnected the
> > electrical
> > plug and wiggled the air line.  The air line would
> > seep air if I wiggled hard enough as I failed to
> > diconnect the line entirely).  Frustrated, I
> > reconnected the electrical connected and replace
> the
> > wheel.  After lowering the car, the strut pumped
> up.
> > OK, now I'm perplexed, because the strut would NOT
> > pump up at all anymore.  Now it will pump up, but
> > leak
> > out after an hour or so.  This is the condition
> that
> > I
> > purchased the car in to begin with and had no
> > problems
> > driving from VA to Syracuse, NY.  I do not have
> that
> > confidence anymore after a failed attempt to drive
> > the
> > car to work (85 miles each way), because the strut
> > went limp during the commute (and would not pump
> > back
> > up).
> > 
> > At any rate, I phoned a wrecking yard that I found
> > on
> > the net that advertised rebuilt air ride
> components.
> > And the tech said that I would need to obtain the
> > rear
> > axle beam from a Dynasty or NYer to do the
> > conversion
> > for the rear because the coil plates are welded. 
> > For
> > those of you that have done the elimination
> > conversion, what parts did you get with the
> > conversion
> > kit from strutmasters?
> > 
> > =====
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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