Airbox leaks: Check Your Sled

[Lund]

What's your fix?
There are.no tabs or anything on those, they just hang there.......

What i did is first removed the hood so i could easily work on it.
Using a heat gun set on a low setting i removed the whole frog skin. Then i cleaned the hood surface with alcohol, then reapplied the frog skin properly and carefully.
I used 3M contact cement(weather stripping) glue and ran a thin line along the contact surface of the frog skin, use your finger to thin out the line so you have a skin of glue. You have to let this stuff become tacky before installing or it won't work. Also wear latex gloves not to contaminate anything.
To help hold it in place you can use masking tape and leave it overnight before removing the tape. 3M masking tape works best as cheapo masking tape won't stick very well to the hood plastic.

 

[skegpro]

What i did is first removed the hood so i could easily work on it.
Using a heat gun set on a low setting i removed the whole frog skin. Then i cleaned the hood surface with alcohol, then reapplied the frog skin properly and carefully.
I used 3M contact cement(weather stripping) glue and ran a thin line along the contact surface of the frog skin. You have to let this stuff become tacky before installing or it won't work.
To help hold it in place you can use masking tape and leave it overnight before removing the tape. 3M masking tape works best as cheapo masking tape won't stick very well to the hood plastic.

Oh this is a different problem all together.
Look at my pictures at the start of this thread, this gap is big.

 

[Lund]

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I can't see very well in there, did you damage the piston's, is that why you put up the pic's?

 

[skegpro]

I can't see very well in there, did you damage the piston's, is that why you put up the pic's?

Buddies sled, I have to pull mine apart tomorrow and see. The v-vent under the frog skinz by the steering post is leaking.

If you zoom in on the picture, you can see scuffing on the pistons.

 

[Lund]

Buddies sled, I have to pull mine apart tomorrow and see. The v-vent under the frog skinz by the steering post is leaking.

If you zoom in on the picture, you can see scuffing on the pistons.

I see now, i haven't seen a problem with the top vent yet but the frog skin under the top vent have been problematic. Is your deformed?

 

[Lund]

I see more blowby then ingested water scuffing. The rings are not seated yet and the oil usage is a little on the heavy side. How many miles, i thinking not much.

 

[skegpro]

I see more blowby then ingested water scuffing. The rings are not seated yet and the oil usage is a little on the heavy side. How many miles, i thinking not much.

700km

 

[skegpro]

I see now, i haven't seen a problem with the top vent yet but the frog skin under the top vent have been problematic. Is your deformed?

Yea I have a gap on mine.

 

[Lund]

Yea I have a gap on mine. //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180105/f5fc8039467d02ae7ebef9a4befbd07c.jpg

Did you talk to your dealer, you might want to do that before things go sideways on you.

 

[tmo1620]

Maybe just a thin strip of black gorilla tape to block it would work, clean the surfaces good and put a strip the full length, that black gorilla tape works well

 

[skegpro]

Maybe just a thin strip of black gorilla tape to block it would work, clean the surfaces good and put a strip the full length, that black gorilla tape works well

That's gonna have to be the fix for now.
I was told cat is well aware and a fix is on the way.

 

[tmo1620]

Good to know, havent inquired about it to my dealer as mine seems fine but i may put a strip of tape along there just because

 

[skegpro]

Good to know, havent inquired about it to my dealer as mine seems fine but i may put a strip of tape along there just because

Custom lol

 

[Lund]

Well, i hate to say it guy's after my post yesterday saying that non so far have ingested snow. Well the shop got one that came in to day, motor is punched. Cat will be covering the cost. Replacing the entire motor. This is an 18.
I'm not kidding, you guys better check them intake screens.

 

[skegpro]

Well, i hate to say it guy's after my post yesterday saying that non so far have ingested snow. Well the shop got one that came in to day, motor is punched. Cat will be covering the cost. Replacing the entire motor. This is an 18.
I'm not kidding, you guys better check them intake screens.

Such a small problem, big consequences.

 

[AGGRESIVEZEBRA]

just went and took another look and the left side has a gap. Bring on the gorilla tape. no word yet from cat on a fix.

 

[skegpro]

just went and took another look and the left side has a gap. Bring on the gorilla tape. no word yet from cat on a fix.

Any idea who has a set of intake frog skins in stock.
I have two sets on order but they may not be in, in time.
Will have to hunt a set down Monday one way or the other.

Any leads would be appreciated.

 

[Vertical-Extreme]

Just use black RTV silicone to seal everything up. Take your time do a good job and you will never see it.

 

[skegpro]

So the early release sleds have these tabs on the v-vent but it looks like China forgot them on the mountain cats..........

 

[AGGRESIVEZEBRA]

I will see tomorrow if anything pops up on the dealer locator tomorrow for you

Any idea who has a set of intake frog skins in stock.
I have two sets on order but they may not be in, in time.
Will have to hunt a set down Monday one way or the other.

Any leads would be appreciated.