Intake boots

[MONTREALMAX]

Hello trust what the guys have taught me from this site, they know what they are talking about. If i had listened sooner i would have saved a few gray hairs and scraped knuckles.

Just got through a carb rebuild. If you are working on your carbs please take a very good look at your intake boots (air box and carb to v-boost) you may think they are fine and use the old ones when bolting everything back up. When my new boots arrived i could not believe how much softer and pliable they were, especially the airbox boots. Having new ones made putting it back together a snap. The old ones were very difficult to tighten properly and would end up leaking.
I was going to try and save a few dollars and re-use the old boots, trust me spend the money and replace the old ones, you will be glad that you did. Getting a tight fit is next to impossible for the airbox to carb with the old hard boots. The heat cycling and gas destroys them. My bike is a 96 with 12,000 miles and they were finished.

 

[dannymax]

Hello trust what the guys have taught me from this site, they know what they are talking about. If i had listened sooner i would have saved a few gray hairs and scraped knuckles.

Just got through a carb rebuild. If you are working on your carbs please take a very good look at your intake boots (air box and carb to v-boost) you may think they are fine and use the old ones when bolting everything back up. When my new boots arrived i could not believe how much softer and pliable they were, especially the airbox boots. Having new ones made putting it back together a snap. The old ones were very difficult to tighten properly and would end up leaking.
I was going to try and save a few dollars and re-use the old boots, trust me spend the money and replace the old ones, you will be glad that you did. Getting a tight fit is next to impossible for the airbox to carb with the old hard boots. The heat cycling destroys them. My bike is a 96 with 12,000 miles and they were finished.

MM, What did the boots cost and where did you get them? OEM?

danny

 

[MONTREALMAX]

The boots are OEM from local Yam dealer. Airbox and carb to v-boost cost me 180.00$ taxes included. Parts in Canada are a rip off compared to the States. Our dollar is at par with the US greenback but nobody seems to have told the retailers

I found USA pricing here for OEM parts with microfiche to give me an idea of the retail pricing......check out the price for a new OEM crank !!!!

http://www.xtremepowersports.com/



P.S. please feel free to delete this post if the link is considered spam. i did not buy any parts from extreme just thought the link would be handy

 

[dannymax]

The boots are OEM from local Yam dealer. Airbox and carb to v-boost cost me 180.00$ taxes included. Parts in Canada are a rip off compared to the States. Our dollar is at par with the US greenback but nobody seems to have told the retailers

I found USA pricing here for OEM parts with microfiche to give me an idea of the retail pricing......check out the price for a new OEM crank !!!!

http://www.xtremepowersports.com/



P.S. please feel free to delete this post if the link is considered spam. i did not buy any parts from extreme just thought the link would be handy

Pretty expensive, but worth it if it does the trick, thanks.

I have an Xtreme branch near me, if it is to your advantage to have stuff shipped there, I would be happy to pick it up and ship it to you. I kinda doubt that would help you, but you never know. Worth looking into.

danny

 

[MONTREALMAX]

that is really nice of you thank you very much. I have a brother-in-law that lives in Plattsburgh New York that I ship stuff to when I cannot find it in Canada at a reasonable cost. it can be a pain to get it across the border with duty and brokerage and all the other anti trade crap in place

 

[dannymax]

that is really nice of you thank you very much. I have a brother-in-law that lives in Plattsburgh New York that I ship stuff to when I cannot find it in Canada at a reasonable cost. it can be a pain to get it across the border with duty and brokerage and all the other anti trade crap in place

I lived about an hour west of P'burgh in the Adirondacks for many years and we dealt with the border crossing woes a lot. The Canadian govt. is real fussy about their duty $'s, no doubt about that!

I know of a couple unmanned border crossings if you're interested. :biglaugh: Just remember to do a bunch of donuts at the crossroads to confuse the sensors before you run it, well, that's what I've heard anyway!! :rofl_200:

 

[MONTREALMAX]

Had a friend who ran an unmanned border crossing at 3am few years back....trust me don't do it.....unless you are into late night prostate exams by someone named lou:10_6_8:

 

[dannymax]

Had a friend who ran an unmanned border crossing at 3am few years back....trust me don't do it.....unless you are into late night prostate exams by someone named lou:10_6_8:

Ugh!! Bad night at Black Rock for your friend! :surprise: