Awesome Alt. to Airbox to Carb Boots

Not at all. Just slipped them right in.

I kept wondering if I needed to, but nope! They fit just fine right out of the package.

 

True story. My second one I made fit in. It buckled, and took a little elbow grease and some cursing, but it fit in perfect. So.... sweet! Two more and I'm done.

 

Sklid did you get the exact one's I found in Lowes? Rick thinks that brand/manufacturer might be the perfect fit, where other's have thicker ones which require some Persuading.

The info agian is:
manufacurer is American Value - flexible coupling 1 1/2" x 1 1/2", RC4023471. LOWES. please post your findings. I believe they were $3.47 each

 

Heres the ones I found at HD
Plumbquick 1 1/2

 

Is it possible to replace them without pulling the carbs?

PITA?

 

absolutely! just use your He-Man strength and don't be affraid of getting cut!

 

hey SLKid did you need to grind a groove or did they fit nice like mine?

 

If you're willing to compromise some finger dexterity and precision, mechanic gloves are knuckle savers.

 

I have 4 of these on my bike. They can be replaced with the carbs still on bike. Pull the old ones, and starting with carbs 2 or 3 (depending on which side of the bike you start on) flatten the plumbquick fitting and fold it in half. This will allow you to jam it in the hole in the air box. Afterward, pull them out and use your fingers to spread the opening of the plumbquick fitting, this will make them "pop" back to normal shape. Then, all you do is pull them on to the carbs and fasten.

 

I will be doing this tomorrow.

My boots are old, cracked and....well.......old.

 

Make the connection to the carb tight, but not too tight. The c-clamp they come with doesn't fit exact around the lip of the carb, and could cut into the rubber boot.

I used a little wd40 to twist them into the position I wanted (in case you don't want the imprinted writing showing).

Take the cardboard wrapper off... :wink:

 

Actually I found it easier to put all the boots on after the carbs were in place anyway. I pulled the carbs to do some maintenance and put the boots in while I cleaned and couldnt for the life of me get the carbs back in properly with the boots in the airbox. They wont pull back like the old ones. So I installed the carbs and then put the boots on.
Cake
And no i didnt need to cut or grind.
I used Mest's same method. Works like a dream. Inexpensive too!
-Chris

 

EXACTLY. this is truly an off the shelf bolt on, be careful everyone - some months ago on page 1 and 2 some of these are real thick and need to be ground, I suggest trying to find the ones Chris/SLKid and I found. The two different references can be found in posts above.

 

This wont work on an X would it.

Yea I somehow have a knack for finding bikes with ultra short airbox to carb boots. Nighthawk 650's are nice and long. The Damn nighthawk S ones, the 700 ones are pityfully short, and for no reason.
The X needs the longer manifold boots cos the water pipe runs through the middle of them.
Cool.
Srinath.

 

ok so i have a carb issue that caused fuel to sit in this plumbquick boot for over a week and when i removed it the plumbquick was rock hard, only on the bottom where the puddle was. beware

 

Struggle! The Alch sucked all the moisture out of the boot. No fun

 

Has anybody fixed their crack intake manifold/boots with this method? from what i've been reading, this is only for the air box? I'm lost....right?

 

I think they may get too hot and melt to the head. If they had some high heat rubbers I would def try it out! Would take some altering of the rubber to make the bolt holes and such

 

There one more reason to spend time with wizards...i just finished cleaning carbs on my Maxim X and upon putting back wrestled for 2 hrs with the boots unsuccesfully as the they have grown hard on oneside and shrunk, lost shape as well hence air leaks atleast on 2 of the airbox boots. Now i know what to do for a perfect seal..Thanks to whoever thought of this cheap trick.
A QUESTION..COULD THIS AIR LEAK MAKE THE BIKE NOT FIRE..JUST ONLY TURN...??????????????????????????????

 

Just checked at HD its C$6.99 here in canada, wow...gonna check Lowes.