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My airbox nightmare!


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My airbox nightmare!

Wed May 26, 2010 11:17 pm » Post: #1 » Download Post

So I don’t know if anyone else has had the problem trying to refit there air box to the carbs. I would dread taking the carbs off because it would take me a good half our of cursing to get the airbox back on but I finally found the solution, we at least for me.

I used a heat gun, electric type, to heat the bits that slide over the carbs and are then clamped onto. This makes them a little more malleable because it’s not the warmest in NZ so they are as hard as a rock when cold. Once heated I jam a roll of thread tape in the hole were the carb should go. I only use the roll of thread tape coz it’s that perfect size other things will work; it needs to be a little larger than the carbs. Once the rubber has hardened again I pull the rolls of thread tape out and quickly fit the air box back on. Take like 5sec to fit the box, slips right over the carbs first time, no folding the rubber and fighting it.

Hope this helps others coz I was at wits end with the air box.
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Thu May 27, 2010 3:22 am » Post: #2 » Download Post

That's because the rubber has gone hard with age, when they were brand new they would have been softer, more flexible and very supple. Unless you replace them, there's not much you can do about it Sad
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Thu May 27, 2010 10:29 am » Post: #3 » Download Post

i normally put the airbox boots into a dish of warm water for around 20 seconds to make them easier to fit.
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Thu May 27, 2010 12:15 pm » Post: #4 » Download Post

I read something in Practical Classics, saying they could be boiled and sprayed with silicon
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Thu May 27, 2010 12:57 pm » Post: #5 » Download Post

i always used brute force and lots of swearing Laughing
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Thu May 27, 2010 4:22 pm » Post: #6 » Download Post

What's an airbox? Confused
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Thu May 27, 2010 5:43 pm » Post: #7 » Download Post

well at my age it's what i keep my ever thinning hair in!!! lol
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Fri May 28, 2010 1:16 pm » Post: #8 » Download Post

A good smear of vaseline round the lips will help it slide on easily...
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