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Airbox boot repair?
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The problem everyone has eventually:
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The idea:
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Time will tell whether it will hold up, but for now, it's pliable and holds fast. The one on the left just had a minor crack, but the first pic showed the damage the gauze and liquid electrical tape sealed, hopefully forever. It's supposed to be solvent-safe, we'll see.
Nick
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1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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Ed: THAT'S what it's called! I remember seeing the hucksters showcasing that stuff back in the day when I frequented hamfests all over the state of IL. Never could remember what it was called, but it's amazing stuff. And REUSABLE, _IF_ you can get it unstuck from itself. Most often, it was a permanent bond, and you'd just have to cut it off.
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I have a 1980 Kawasaki KZ750 Ltd. I bought new. I recently managed to get it out of my garage after 28 years and put it on the road again (2010). I feel like a kid all over again. Since I have acquired 3 78 KZ1000 Ltd, 1 1981 KZ1000 Ltd, and another 1980 KZ750 Ltd. Love the LTD's.
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I've been thinking of all the kitchen gadgets they're making out of 'silicone' nowadays. I wonder what it takes to fabricate with that, and if a person could make a plaster cast of an airbox boot, and then injection-mold a silicone replacement. Not sure if this is within the bounds of the average garage builder, but when one's stock is simply not available, any option (such as mine) is worthy of consideration.
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I have a 1980 Kawasaki KZ750 Ltd. I bought new. I recently managed to get it out of my garage after 28 years and put it on the road again (2010). I feel like a kid all over again. Since I have acquired 3 78 KZ1000 Ltd, 1 1981 KZ1000 Ltd, and another 1980 KZ750 Ltd. Love the LTD's.
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n9viw wrote: Ed: THAT'S what it's called! I remember seeing the hucksters showcasing that stuff back in the day when I frequented hamfests all over the state of IL. Never could remember what it was called, but it's amazing stuff. And REUSABLE, _IF_ you can get it unstuck from itself. Most often, it was a permanent bond, and you'd just have to cut it off.
We used to use it to make a watertight seal on outside wire splices. Basically it bonds (vulcanizes) to itself and will not let loose. Good stuff!!! 3M made the stuff we used.
Sorry n9viw, don't know that I trust a fix like that, when new boots are still readily available.
C.
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Seymore: New boots are NOT "still readily available", hence my problem. As I noted above, if new ones WERE available, at ANY price, I wouldn't be monkeying around with goofy stuff like this.
As it is, the point is moot, for two reasons:
1) As Pete the Greek mentioned, in reinstallation, one would likely just make a new crack while installing the old boots. That's exactly what I did, put my thumb right thru the left one (the worse of the two).
2) No tears shed over the previous issue, as, during my reinstallation ministrations, I discovered the boots are both a) too long and b) the wrong angle. I have deduced that these must be the outer boots of a FOUR-CYLINDER KZ750, or something similar. Someone must have broken the old ones and gotten these to 'make do', and they never did quite 'do'.
On to ebay to look for silicone turbo hose!
Nick
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