Getting air box IN/OUT of stripped down frame ???
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Getting air box IN/OUT of stripped down frame ???
I recently stripped my KDX 200 down to the frame to have the frame powder coated, it took some work but I got the air box out pulling hard on it, but now that it is going to be freshly painted how do I go about getting it back in with out force to keep from damaging the new paint??? do I have to take it apart or is there a trick ?
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My reason for taking the airbox out was far dumber than yours. I just wanted to "wash it real good". I broke a sweat getting that muthah back in there, and have no idea how I did it. And to think there is some Japanese lady on the line at Kawasaki Heavy Industries winging those things in hundreds of times a day while talking to her friends boggles the mind.
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I take mine off everytime I clean my bike (almost every ride). I just take the left hand side subframe section out and pop it in. Mine isn't really a struggle.
Well she won't be doing any KDX's again in a hurry.Colorado Mike wrote: And to think there is some Japanese lady on the line at Kawasaki Heavy Industries winging those things in hundreds of times a day while talking to her friends boggles the mind.
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That sounds like the ticket.
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re: wash real good.
There are intake covers you bolt in in place of the air filter. Then you can wash the inside of the box as 'real good' as you wanna.
No..that doesn't cover painting the frame, but it does cover cleaning.
All these years...and I've never broke a sweat worrying about it. I've been missing out!!
There are intake covers you bolt in in place of the air filter. Then you can wash the inside of the box as 'real good' as you wanna.
No..that doesn't cover painting the frame, but it does cover cleaning.
All these years...and I've never broke a sweat worrying about it. I've been missing out!!
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while you have that ornery piece of plastic out you might as well go for the gusto and waterproof that box real good. take the boot, retainer ring, filter holder etc. all apart and squirt some GOOP on the recessesed slots on the screw thread side of the filter holder that goes inside the airbox. I also did the carb intake boot where the flange goes on and into the airbox. Little thing I have always done to every bike I own. Then I saw it on the set-up video by Jeff Fredette. Speaking of the video. Do it all right and make a little mud flap rig like the one he makes that fits in the gap in front of the airbox to the frame cross member that supports the tank.
It is a bit of a motion like something the basket guy does at collection at church. He kinda swoops in and out of that pew, sweeping up all your spare change like a pro! It definitely helps to take off the subframe.
It is a bit of a motion like something the basket guy does at collection at church. He kinda swoops in and out of that pew, sweeping up all your spare change like a pro! It definitely helps to take off the subframe.