Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
air filter ?'s
Motorrad:
I just rub duck butter all over mine. Cheap and effective :lol:
sandblaster:
Speaking of Ducks..
jcm3:
--- Quote from: Motorrad on January 07, 2015, 03:12:14 PM ---I just rub duck butter all over mine. Cheap and effective :lol:
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How do you squeese these in between the plate and the air box without making a mess? :-D
jcm3:
Just finished this up yesterday. Pulled the airbox apart, put a nice bead of rtv around the junction of the round plastic air filter holder and the rubber boot, and put in the Pro Seal air filter gasket. Hopefully that will help keep things more clean.
I am wondering also if I'm using enough air filter oil. I suspect that I am, as I've been riding off and on since the 80's and never had an issue with dirt past the air filter of my recent two bikes, a YZ426 and a YZ450. I'm hoping I had a leak that the rtv sealed up.
jcm3:
Wow, what a difference. Some time back I bought an air box cover for cleaning (pic below, keeps the air filter from getting all wet). One day, after washing, I checked my air box boot and there was a lot of water in there, enough that I was a little bit worried that some might have gotten in the carb. I dried it out and everything was fine.
After sealing my air box up with rtv and installing the Pro Seal gasket, I put the cover on and turned the airbox/subframe upside down (carb boot facing up) and filled it up with water. I only had a drop every second or so coming from the bolt hole of the No Toil cover, nothing else. So, I definitely had a big leak, which explains why I had a lot of dust and dirt past the filter.
Good maintenance move. Thanks for everyone's tips, advice and part numbers.
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