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Inlet rubber problem... - peacey - 02-08-13
Hello all, well just got a fazer 600 and the inlet rubbers are cracked, with the far right hand side one cracked fully through sucking in air, does anybody have any good second hand ones they want to sell to me?
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - darrsi - 02-08-13
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=fzs+600+inlet+rubber&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=fzs+600+air+box+rubber&_sacat=0
Are these what you mean, or carb to engine rubbers?
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - Punkstig - 02-08-13
Sounds like he's talking about carb to inlet ones, they're on eBay for about £70, bite the bullet and buy new, no doubts about wether they'll be ok or not then!
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - lds1973 - 02-08-13
http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/yamaha/fzs_600_fazer/98-99/picture/carburettor_to_engine_inlet_rubbers/
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - darrsi - 02-08-13
Was gonna say they're a bit cheaper on Ebay.
Why is a bit of rubber so bloody expensive though?? :rolleyes
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - His Dudeness - 02-08-13
(02-08-13, 10:20 AM)darrsi link Wrote: Was gonna say they're a bit cheaper on Ebay.
Why is a bit of rubber so bloody expensive though?? :rolleyes
The price of tooling for plastic and rubber parts is massive. A mould for those intake manifolds could easily be half a million
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - fazersharp - 14-08-13
what about fixing with some of that self almaulgamating (spelling) tape
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - darrsi - 14-08-13
(14-08-13, 12:32 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: what about fixing with some of that self almaulgamating (spelling) tape
That would work, although it's a bit unsightly to look at.
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - fazersharp - 14-08-13
Not if you do it neatly like--- erm the tape on your old racer bike handle bars or the tape on an old tennis raquet, sor of a slow spiral
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - darrsi - 14-08-13
(14-08-13, 03:27 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: Not if you do it neatly like--- erm the tape on your old racer bike handle bars or the tape on an old tennis raquet, sor of a slow spiral
I use it daily for minor repairs on cables, any dirt, grit or shit will stick to it like glue, it will look like crap in no time out in the elements!
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - Dead Eye - 14-08-13
Had this wrapped around the wing mirror on an old Peugeot 306 to hold it on and it never got caked in any crap
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - fazersharp - 14-08-13
(14-08-13, 06:58 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Had this wrapped around the wing mirror on an old Peugeot 306 to hold it on and it never got caked in any crap
(14-08-13, 03:43 PM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=fazersharp link=topic=9195.msg94338#msg94338 date=1376490427]
Not if you do it neatly like--- erm the tape on your old racer bike handle bars or the tape on an old tennis raquet, sor of a slow spiral
I use it daily for minor repairs on cables, any dirt, grit or shit will stick to it like glue, it will look like crap in no time out in the elements!
[/quote] Could give it a try still as it is quite protected there
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - nick crisp - 14-08-13
Is there no kind of sealing solution that can be "painted" on, whether permanent or temporary?
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - darrsi - 14-08-13
Heat shrink, the glue type!
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - Dead Eye - 15-08-13
Could use black silicon?
I used this to seal a leaking sunroof on one of my Mark II Golf GTi's
Not pretty, but it worked
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - mars696 - 15-08-13
I have my old inlet rubbers,they are cracked but only on surface.
I can send them to you for free,you will pay only postage from Greece.
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - darrsi - 15-08-13
(15-08-13, 09:24 AM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Could use black silicon?
I used this to seal a leaking sunroof on one of my Mark II Golf GTi's
Not pretty, but it worked
Black silicon, then wrap self amalgamating tape over it then seal it with glue heat shrink.
Job's a good'un....... :lol
Re: Inlet rubber problem... - peacey - 16-08-13
Well i've bit the bullett and bought some new ones on ebay, made by tourmax and just as good as yamaha ones, what a b*stard to fit though...