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Fraccie:
Not Honda specific, but could be handy for those that don`t know.

I had to clean the carbs on my VF1000 and it is a right PITA of a job, so did some surfing on the Magna sites in the USA and came across this little gem. The carb mounting rubbers go brittle after time and tend to split, mine were knackered anyway so I had bought new ones, BUT, I read that if you mix evergreen oil and rubbing alcohol 1 to 3, leave your rubber bits in the solution for three days, then the rubber softens back to like new. I thought...hmmmmm...I smell BS, but bought some of each for the grand sum of £18 off ebay. This works, i mean really works. I had the same pressure on bothe old mounts, one as it came off the engine, the other left in the solution for three days, difference is chalk and cheese.

It may help save somebody some money.


2018-08-17_01-50-06 by Adrian Lee, on Flickr



2018-08-17_01-43-14 by Adrian Lee, on Flickr



2018-08-17_01-42-54 by Adrian Lee, on Flickr

paul G:
In my experiance it does work but not for long as they go hard again very quick :(
P.S. the Wintergreen stinks >:( >:(

AshimotoK0:
Best stuff is Reofos 50 by Great Lakes /Chemtura but it's not readily available outside the rubber/polymer industry. Bit nasty and you need to process overnight or longer at around 80°C

https://polymer-additives.specialchem.com/product/a-great-lakes-chemtura-group-reofos-50

Inlet rubber I softened here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1kVSlLnR8k

royhall:

--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on August 17, 2018, 04:30:51 PM ---Best stuff is Reofos 50 by Great Lakes /Chemtura but it's not readily available outside the rubber/polymer industry. Bit nasty and you need to process overnight or longer at around 80°C

https://polymer-additives.specialchem.com/product/a-great-lakes-chemtura-group-reofos-50

Inlet rubber I softened here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1kVSlLnR8k

--- End quote ---
I will vouch for Ash's Reofos method it's worked on two of my inlet rubber sets. One of which were rock hard and they are still soft as new 18 months later. They may even be the very ones in the video?

Fraccie:
That stuff looks the canines accoutrements.

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