Airbox leaks: Check Your Sled

[skegpro]

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

Thanks, it will be a crapshoot if DHL shows up in time or not, or if they even have it on the truck.

 

[Lund]

I have come up with a 100% cure for this.
Material will be ordered today and i will put a setup modification on here once i have all the material's at hand.

 

[tmo1620]

My black gorilla tape works slick, and you cant even notice it

 

[AGGRESIVEZEBRA]

Sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday skeg, But dealer locator says T&T in bonnyville has the right side. left side is a shop in wyoming that is all.

 

[tmo1620]

Just rode over the hood fluffy snow yesterday and no issues with my black gorilla tape fix, and frog skinz are perfect

 

[skegpro]

Sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday skeg, But dealer locator says T&T in bonnyville has the right side. left side is a shop in wyoming that is all.

No worries, I was able to rig up some generic prefilter. Looks like these are back ordered for a while.

 

[skegpro]

K I need to pick your guys brain.

I wanna get rid of the goggle bag and put the early release vent in.

But I wanna ad some prefilter. So snow doesn't drop in the engine bay but heat can still escape.

I figured first I would cut a cardboard template, then cut my piece of fabric.

What glue should I use and how should I finish the edges?

Thx

 

[skegpro]

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[skegpro]

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[skegpro]

K I need to pick your guys brain.

I wanna get rid of the goggle bag and put the early release vent in.

But I wanna ad some prefilter. So snow doesn't drop in the engine bay but heat can still escape.

I figured first I would cut a cardboard template, then cut my piece of fabric.

What glue should I use and how should I finish the edges?

Thx

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[skegpro]

Went full potato.
It's now a solid intake like the 17.
What a fawking dumb design.

 

[Eldereldo]

Well that certainly won’t leak. Looked at mine again, and a gap opened up in the underside screen so taped it up for now. Pretty sure when I looked at previously that space wasn’t there, So thinking the plastics are getting warped. Maybe fit to the body is pushing them out or something. I set if the Sidewinder guys have the same issues?

 

[skegpro]

Well that certainly won’t leak. Looked at mine again, and a gap opened up in the underside screen so taped it up for now. Pretty sure when I looked at previously that space wasn’t there, So thinking the plastics are getting warped. Maybe fit to the body is pushing them out or something. I set if the Sidewinder guys have the same issues?

Sidewinder guys have a foam in the airbox so I don't know if they are realizing what an issues this is.

Pop the guage cluster plastic off and take a serious look at this intake setup. It could save you some greif if your pistons skirts are already not scuffed.

The plastic housing that the v-screena clip into are not held in place by anything.
And ironically it is used to hold the goggle bag in place. If you push down on the goggle back it opens right up.

If you tape just the inside by the steering post it opens up at the front worse.

Which is what got me......

 

[tmo1620]

Mine looks perfectly fine, other than minor gaps that i taped it seems good, havent checked it since the last ride though and those were some tough miles put on in salmon

 

[skegpro]

Mine looks perfectly fine, other than minor gaps that i taped it seems good, havent checked it since the last ride though and those were some tough miles put on in salmon

Did you check infront of the intake duct?
Big gap there.

Have you looked in through the y-pipe yet at your pistons?

 

[jpmez69]

Is there anything from Cat on this issue?

 

[AGGRESIVEZEBRA]

Not last i checked early last week. I have been checking my 2018 vin weekly to see if there is anything out from cat.

 

[skegpro]

How is everyone's molykote holding up on their piston skirts?

https://www.dowcorning.com/content/auto/autoengine/piston-anti-friction-coatings.aspx

 

[tmo1620]

Did you check infront of the intake duct?
Big gap there.

Have you looked in through the y-pipe yet at your pistons?

No havent took the pipe off to peak in but cannot see any gaps at intake duct

 

[MenzToys]

http://stores.menztoys.com/ascender-proclimb-procross-defender-air-intake/

Here is a bit of insurance in case you do ingest some snow. Unfortunately I am sending my last one out in the morning,these have been very popular lately. I will be getting more next weekend thx wayne