Subject: RE: ORIGINAL LOOP AIR CLEANER
Author: Tom Bowes
Date: Dec 15, 2001, 6:46 AM
Post ID: 1709162595
Bob,
There is another alternative that you might want to consider. Gary Cheek
and I have glued the rubber air boot on our bikes to the airbox using
weatherstrip adhesive, and so far it is working quite well. The biggest
tricks were getting everything in position prior to applying the glue,
and getting the boot and airbox squeeky clean for the adhesive. I had a
new boot and a freshly powder coated airbox to work with, so I just
installed the boot, trial fitted the airbox, and cleaned their mating
surfaces with solvent alcohol. The extra glue was removed with a bit of
naptha (handwarmer fluid).
I thought about the inner sleeve trick myself, let us know how it works
if your decide to go that way.
Tom
'70 (July '69) Ambassador
'82 V50-III
Shelby Township, Michigan
Robert Hawkes wrote:
| Gentlemen, Currently I have the traditional air cleaner system on my Ambo. , the round air filter, inside the metal air box, loosely connected to the rubber sleeve going to the carbs. The rubber thingy is connected with duct tape. Not a good situation. What I want to do is fix the weak spot in this system which is the loosely connected rubber sleeve to the metal air box. I want to make a metal collar that attaches to the inside of the metal air box and extends out and into the rubber sleeve so that I can put a large hose clamp around the rubber sleeve and cinch it down onto this new extension. Does this make sense? I'd rather not throw out the original air box and put on modern filters. Thanks, Bob |