
29 Sep 2019
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N67
btw, few months ago i've met one guy, who used to ride ~90's xt600 during couple years.
he said that when he had one of that boots failed, he removed both, tore rubbers away and reshaped carb looking sides with tig weld to create cylindrical elevation, and, as he told, he got a "lifetime solution" about them just with some rubber tube of proper diameter and thickness..
and he sad that he hasn't noticed any later issues with performance (my question was about an impact of possible changes in gas flow through that improvised routes).
so, i plan to try his method when the time will come to change my boots. it will be well less than half price of good quality aftermarket boots.
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I have thought about this... it's never nice welding contaminated alloy then not knowing how much it's going to distort... have to reface it and cut a o-ring groove?
Easier to start from scratch with stainless... I haven't measured the diameters but I imagine there must be tube out there close enough.... I guess there will be possible internal steps that may disrupt the air/fuel flow....trial and error I guess...
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