Question about gaskets / o-rings
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Question about gaskets / o-rings
Need some advice from the techies out there... long story short: the dealer installed SE air cleaner and remapped 3 weeks ago. Of course, nobody mentioned that the a/c has an ugly cast backing plate, and there is a chrome one available. So, I ordered the chrome plate, and asked the parts guys if I needed any new gaskets or o-rings when swapping it - and they said no, I could re-use what was there.
I just changed out the backing plate. The gasket on the intake looked ok (it stuck to the bike, not the backing plate). The o-rings were held in place with some kind of sticky adhesive. I removed them, cleaned off the adhesive, and re-used them on the new chrome plate.
Everything went together ok and the bike seems to function ok, but I'm wondering if the o-rings or gasket should have been changed? I'm not sure if the sticky stuff on the o-rings came with them new, or if the dealer used something to hold them in place during installation?
Do you think I am ok re-using these items, or should I order new ones??
Would appreciate any experience here. Thanks... Warren
I just changed out the backing plate. The gasket on the intake looked ok (it stuck to the bike, not the backing plate). The o-rings were held in place with some kind of sticky adhesive. I removed them, cleaned off the adhesive, and re-used them on the new chrome plate.
Everything went together ok and the bike seems to function ok, but I'm wondering if the o-rings or gasket should have been changed? I'm not sure if the sticky stuff on the o-rings came with them new, or if the dealer used something to hold them in place during installation?
Do you think I am ok re-using these items, or should I order new ones??
Would appreciate any experience here. Thanks... Warren
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RE: Question about gaskets / o-rings
thanks... I did check the o-rings and they looked ok. I was concerned if there is a chance of air leakage that might affect the mixture or cause dirt to enter the intake.
Everything seems to be running fine, so I'm not going to mess with it.
I will say that the newer backplate is very different from my friend's SE a/c kit. He has a 2002 deuce. His backing plate is small and the breathers are connected together with a metal tube, and a rubber tube acts as the drains for any blowby. The new design feeds blowby directly back into the intake at the throttle plate. I notice his drips oil quite regularly and it splatters on the engine. The newer design doesn't seem to get any drips - I don't see how it could (anything is sucked right back into the engine).
However, his looks a lot nicer!!
So - I'll take functionality over looks.
Everything seems to be running fine, so I'm not going to mess with it.
I will say that the newer backplate is very different from my friend's SE a/c kit. He has a 2002 deuce. His backing plate is small and the breathers are connected together with a metal tube, and a rubber tube acts as the drains for any blowby. The new design feeds blowby directly back into the intake at the throttle plate. I notice his drips oil quite regularly and it splatters on the engine. The newer design doesn't seem to get any drips - I don't see how it could (anything is sucked right back into the engine).
However, his looks a lot nicer!!
So - I'll take functionality over looks.
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