Are isolator clamps really that special????
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Are isolator clamps really that special????
They must be because you sure are hell can't get one around here.
Here it is a week after I had one break while swapping carb isolators, yeah I know I should have order a new set but hey I'm old and forgot.
Anyways call the dealer, we'll order it but don't know when it will be here.
Go on line and order a set from a place that claim to have stuff in stock, get an e-mail fri.....they should ship wed or thurs.....
Go back on line find one on ebay that isn't from a place I have already ordered from,,,,get an email today...sorry can't find it.......
So it looks like 2 weeks of no transportation, as the bike is all I have, over a bloody band clamp.
Sometimes this **** is just silly.
Here it is a week after I had one break while swapping carb isolators, yeah I know I should have order a new set but hey I'm old and forgot.
Anyways call the dealer, we'll order it but don't know when it will be here.
Go on line and order a set from a place that claim to have stuff in stock, get an e-mail fri.....they should ship wed or thurs.....
Go back on line find one on ebay that isn't from a place I have already ordered from,,,,get an email today...sorry can't find it.......
So it looks like 2 weeks of no transportation, as the bike is all I have, over a bloody band clamp.
Sometimes this **** is just silly.
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They must be because you sure are hell can't get one around here.
Here it is a week after I had one break while swapping carb isolators, yeah I know I should have order a new set but hey I'm old and forgot.
Anyways call the dealer, we'll order it but don't know when it will be here.
Go on line and order a set from a place that claim to have stuff in stock, get an e-mail fri.....they should ship wed or thurs.....
Go back on line find one on ebay that isn't from a place I have already ordered from,,,,get an email today...sorry can't find it.......
So it looks like 2 weeks of no transportation, as the bike is all I have, over a bloody band clamp.
Sometimes this **** is just silly.
Here it is a week after I had one break while swapping carb isolators, yeah I know I should have order a new set but hey I'm old and forgot.
Anyways call the dealer, we'll order it but don't know when it will be here.
Go on line and order a set from a place that claim to have stuff in stock, get an e-mail fri.....they should ship wed or thurs.....
Go back on line find one on ebay that isn't from a place I have already ordered from,,,,get an email today...sorry can't find it.......
So it looks like 2 weeks of no transportation, as the bike is all I have, over a bloody band clamp.
Sometimes this **** is just silly.
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I replaced mine with all new clamps as a precaution when I did a lot of engine work.
I removed the restrictors in the boots as well.
Carbs have been off many times now and all is well. I am very careful with the clamps as I have broken one before, Now I have some spares.
Did it run any better? I don't know it was a peace of mind thing with me.
Call me **** but I use air filter grease in the boots where the carbs attatch, don't know why but it makes me feel good!
I removed the restrictors in the boots as well.
Carbs have been off many times now and all is well. I am very careful with the clamps as I have broken one before, Now I have some spares.
Did it run any better? I don't know it was a peace of mind thing with me.
Call me **** but I use air filter grease in the boots where the carbs attatch, don't know why but it makes me feel good!
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They do get old and hard after a while which makes the carbs hard to mount and also can cause vacuum leaks.
No real difference in how the bike runs but I tend to replace them before they get bad enough to cause an issue.
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Yes I was just venting a bit as a nice Holiday weekend and I was stuck at home.....
As for rigging something in, yeah I could but not really my style when it comes to bikes if I don't have to go that route.
Then if I used another type of clamp I would either have to figure out how to locate & drill the aliment\anti-spin hole or cause damage to the alinement nipple on the new isolators.
Throw in that I am in the final stages of dialing in the carbs for the full exhaust I mounted and the last thing I need is another possible variable........
As for rigging something in, yeah I could but not really my style when it comes to bikes if I don't have to go that route.
Then if I used another type of clamp I would either have to figure out how to locate & drill the aliment\anti-spin hole or cause damage to the alinement nipple on the new isolators.
Throw in that I am in the final stages of dialing in the carbs for the full exhaust I mounted and the last thing I need is another possible variable........
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