[phantasm]

pics of airbox

Finally got the pics of the air box. The first is a close up of the #'s on the side. They're kinda hard to see so here they are.
SUZUKI
O48B10
O19C00
O20C00
O20C10

[Wild-Bill]

It looks right and the numbers on the side look like a Suzuki part number and equivalents. (048B10-19C00, 048B10-20C00 and 048B10-20C10) Problem is that none of those part numbers brings back anything on a parts search and the parts fiche I looked at doesn't give a part number for the airbox, itself.

Edit: I just looked at the airbox in my spare parts bin. Those numbers exactly match the ones on the side of an airbox from a '94 750 Kat. Now you get to look at the boots. I suppose it's possible chucklehead put the wrong boots on the right airbox.

[phantasm]

Thats what I love about getting someone else's project. No telling what they screwed up. I was really starting to hope t was just the wrong airbox. Think it would have been easier to find than trying to make sure I get the correct boots and not another set of what I already have.

Just measured the inside diameter o the boots and looks like its running around 48-49mm.
Guess I'm looking for alot larger than that.

[hardlydangerous]

pop the boots out of the airbox, soak them in boilign water and jam each one on the carb and let them cool while on the carbs. do this a couple times

then install them back in the air box and install as you normally would.

the hot water will allow you to easily stretch the smaller boots to fit the larger carbs with out them splitting or cracking. This is how we stretch manifolds to fit larger carbs when larger ones are not available

[Wild-Bill]

No-money mod FTW!

[phantasm]

My wife will love that. Told me I was spending too much and the kids needed stuff. I told her to sell a kid. Gotta have priorities .

[Wild-Bill]

The way my kids have been lately I'm thinking sell all three of them whether we need the money or not.


(Only problem is that the way they've been lately I'd have to pay somebody to take them!)

[phantasm]

Rainy day so decided to boil the boots. Man it is a stretch but believe I can get them on. I am using a tapered form I made first to make it a little easier when I go to put them on the carbs. Only problem so far is when I pull them off the form they want to shrink back to normal size. We are getting into tornado season here so at least I will have time indoors to get it straight.

[hardlydangerous]

let them cool completely on the carbs.

repeat a coupl,e times if you have to but they usually stretch and maintain the new shape.

when it comes to putting them back on the bike and attaching the air box warm up the boots with a hair dryer or heat gun and wiggle um on.

[phantasm]

Would have never thought of the hair dryer. Thanks. I'll tell you one thing, I don't think I have to worry about any leakage around them. They're all but painted on.

[RedKat91]

yea... suprising how much they'll stretch even with the hair dryer to warm them up.

[phantasm]

Yeah. Gonna snap some before and after pics to post later. I would never have thought they'd? Stretch 3/4 inch or more.

[phantasm]

As promised here they are. A little hard to see but stretched the outside boots al least a full 1/4 inch to fit. Haven't got to the inside ones yet but I think with a little effort and some more second degree burns from the hot water, I should be able to get them. Think once they are on I'll try to put the airbox on the boots while they're on the carbs. Talk about squeezing 10lbs of cap into a 5lb package. Tight fit to say the least.

[Wild-Bill]

You're going to need to put those boots back on the airbox with some weatherstripping glue or RTV. Otherwise you'll have air leaks there.

[Kreylyn]

As promised here they are. A little hard to see but stretched the outside boots al least a full 1/4 inch to fit. Haven't got to the inside ones yet but I think with a little effort and some more second degree burns from the hot water, I should be able to get them. Think once they are on I'll try to put the airbox on the boots while they're on the carbs. Talk about squeezing 10lbs of cap into a 5lb package. Tight fit to say the least.

Um....

Could you take a pic of the boots your working with, a little wider frame to show the entire boot, from the side view.

That's looking like you got the wrong end on the carb...

Krey