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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB500/550 => Topic started by: bobv7 on February 03, 2020, 01:24:08 PM
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Hi
I've taken mine off to get them sorted but getting them off and out was quite a struggle. What methods do the learned members suggest as the best way to refit them?
Cheers, Bob
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Loosen the airbox.
Use a heat gun to soften the rubbers
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Btute foce and swearing a lot plus new rubbers to cylinder head
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A pot of red rubber grease helps no end. Plus the hairdryer or a pan of boiling water to soften the rubbers.
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I`ve had the carbs off my 550 3 times in as many weeks now (long story). I have found you can get the outer airbox rubbers out from the bike after releasing the clamps. The 2 inner ones I pop into the airbox. Keep clutch cable clear and the carbs slide in and out from rhs. The rubbers on my bike are new and I also use red rubber grease. I perfected this method after many a grazed knuckle.
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I`ve had the carbs off my 550 3 times in as many weeks now (long story). I have found you can get the outer airbox rubbers out from the bike after releasing the clamps. The 2 inner ones I pop into the airbox. Keep clutch cable clear and the carbs slide in and out from rhs. The rubbers on my bike are new and I also use red rubber grease. I perfected this method after many a grazed knuckle.
Very hard to re glue the 2 inner ones once you have retrieved them from the air box ;)
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Many thanks, they were a right bugger to get out.......and I've ordered some red rubber grease. Don't tell the wife! ;)
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Re-glue ? Are they meant to be glued in ???
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Re-glue ? Are they meant to be glued in ???
If you get a old set of rubbers and look in the groove, you will see the remains of a brown adhesive. It is also on the chamber to airbox rubber ;)
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Cheers for that. Kind of makes my method a tad impractical.
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Are you sure it's glue? I always thought it was either vaseline or some sort of silicone paste. I see no harm NOT to glue them.
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Mine aren't stuck and I noticed that the 2 outer ones have a pip on the edge and there is a similar one on the airbox. I assume that they are supposed to line up?
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Mine aren't stuck and I noticed that the 2 outer ones have a pip on the edge and there is a similar one on the airbox. I assume that they are supposed to line up?
The 2 outer ones are handed.
Align the dots
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Thanks for the confirmation :)
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+1 with Oddjob, defo a stringy mastic / glue type substance. Removing the adhesive is one of the jobs that Trig gives me to do 🙄🙄🙄🙄 What a lucky girl I am 😁😁😁😁
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So if you have removed the Airbox rubbers to soften in wintergreen solution, what glue is best to refit them? 🤔
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If they are still flexible. I wouldn't bother.
I never have
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As its not exactly a closed system surely any effect on carburation caused by the inlet stubs not being glued in would be insignificant? :o