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neilg:
I'm sorting out an air box for the F2 I'm on with. The rubber gasket has at some stage been put on and allowed to get twisted out of shape. Does any one know of a method of reforming it back to its original shape. I'm sure at some point I've heard or read something, (or was it a dream I had).

mike the bike:
Let it soak in V hot water for a bit.

neilg:

--- Quote from: mike the bike on April 21, 2017, 05:41:04 PM ---Let it soak in V hot water for a bit.

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Tried that one thanks but no joy. The issue is that it's not a case of it being hard and needs softening but rather in the past it has slipped off the lip of the middle section when some one has fit it. Then the lower filter box tightened onto it has squashed it out of shape and stretched it in parts. Since I posted this I have managed to get it in place around the middle section and held it in place with Bulldog Clips. Bearing in mind it could have been like that for 30 odd years I have a feeling it will just spring back as to how it was found when I rescued it.

mike the bike:
I fit rubbery bits onto dishwashers,  sometimes the parts are distorted or shrunk and they need the V hot water routine - usually I put the parts on an extended rinse cycle (80°), that usually works.

neilg:

--- Quote from: mike the bike on April 21, 2017, 08:56:42 PM ---I fit rubbery bits onto dishwashers,  sometimes the parts are distorted or shrunk and they need the V hot water routine - usually I put the parts on an extended rinse cycle (80°), that usually works.

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Looking like I might have to give this method another go. I took the clips off and as I thought it's still not looking very good. Don't tell Mrs G what I'm doing with the washer though will you. She still blames me for the strange smell in the kitchen after she caught me baking some freshly painted engine bits in the cooker.

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