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cracked airbox

YZdirtrider13 — GMT

i noticed that there was a crack onm the airbox of our yz250. u had to buy the whole assembly which was expensive so i put some clear packing tape on the inside of the crack and bought some of those carbon-fiber decals for the outside for $12 :idea: . do you think this will hold? or should i buy a new one?

TenEightySalomon — GMT

If I were you, I'd tear that tape off, clean the surface VERY well. Then mix up some epoxy (can be bought at hardware stores, make sure to look that it adhere's to plastic). Then run a seam of epoxy in the crack and down the entire crack (inside the airbox-not visible to the outside). Wait 48 hours for it to harden, then put a small piece of clear packing tape on the outside and slap on the carbon fiber graphics.

fleshwound#88 — GMT

Or just get it plastic welded!

kawasaki kid — GMT

Yeah just get a torch (walmart has them for like 10 bucks) and then melt the plastic together. It works.

motogeezer — GMT

Silicone caulk. It will stick. It will flex. It will work.

octanemotowrench — GMT

motogeezer wrote:

Silicone caulk. It will stick. It will flex. It will work.

Sounds like a friggin infomercial LOL

kawiracer27 — GMT

octanemotowrench wrote:

motogeezer wrote:

Silicone caulk. It will stick. It will flex. It will work.
Sounds like a friggin infomercial LOL

I thought that was the point?

motogeezer — GMT

If you don't have silicone caulk, try Enzyte. B.I.F.T. is testing it on his bike soon.

Anonymous — GMT

Look on eBay - the airbox is really important for number of reasons.

Grizzly600 — GMT

Editor wrote:

Look on eBay - the airbox is really important for number of reasons.

NO ITS NOT! why would he need an airbox? :wink: j/k Yeah i would use a little calking on the inside. Or just stick some bubblegum on it an hope for the best! j/k We do know a person that once tryed to fix a flat tire that way. It was in a desert race and he used his peice of gum to patch the hole and then he filled it up with a Co2 thing. He said it worked fine lol

TenEightySalomon — GMT

Not to downgrade anyone else's comments, but I'm tellin' ya, try the epoxy way and it will work.

honda689 — GMT

jaybee weld, (J B Weld) I filled a hole in the bottom of a igniton side of the case on a old KE 100 that was teh size of a dime for a freind with that Sh!t and it still holds today after a year!

B.I.F.T. — GMT

lol yea, i hope they send me some stickers, plastic weld hey how did u crack it? chain eat a hole in it or somthing? plastic weld it, but yea, 2 part epoxy mix it up, slap it on the night befor, and dont worry about it, the stuff i use, it cures overnight, or even underwater, we patched a gastank with that stuff, its great epoxy, our calk, but i can picture caulk wearing off in a hurry, but yea, it would defenitly work

TenEightySalomon — GMT

Nah Adam. Think, a hard bonding epoxy in your airbox (a VERY little wear-tear point on a bike) won't wear off.

motogeezer — GMT

Your air box needs to flex a bit, that's why it's made from flexible plastic. Epoxy, and JB Weld(also epoxy) are very rigid. They will crack, and fall off. I'm tellin' ya: silicone.

Grizzly600 — GMT

motogeezer wrote:

Your air box needs to flex a bit, that's why it's made from flexible plastic. Epoxy, and JB Weld(also epoxy) are very rigid. They will crack, and fall off. I'm tellin' ya: silicone.

what about hot glue? Im thinking he may have it and it it sticks and will flex

motogeezer — GMT

Hot glue is not chemical-resistant. Silicone can handle air filter oil, gas, and whatever cleaning solvent you might use.(unless you clean your bike with M.E.K.)

jimbo450 — GMT

Your airbox is just a housing for your air filter unless you mean the actual boot after the air filter. If its just the part before the filter then big deal, but if its the latter then I would replace it.

YZdirtrider13 — GMT

B.I.F.T. im not sure how it cracked, no it wasnt the chain and i havent tipped it over yet. it could have beeen my dad, but idk.

Bullwinkle — GMT

motogeezer wrote:

If you don't have silicone caulk, try Enzyte. B.I.F.T. is testing it on his bike soon.

That's what it's made for, right? Filling cracks. :roll: Sorry, I had to!

B.I.F.T. — GMT

lol sven, u mis read me and i guess its flexible plastic for a reason, but hard epoxy in a small conrned or the very bottom i think would be a problem or yea, just squish silicone in there, tap the outside, then pack the crack from the inside, let it dry, peel the tape off and wa la dont

TenEightySalomon — GMT

B.I.F.T. wrote:

lol sven, u mis read me and i guess its flexible plastic for a reason, but hard epoxy in a small conrned or the very bottom i think would be a problem or yea, just squish silicone in there, tap the outside, then pack the crack from the inside, let it dry, peel the tape off and wa la dont

Haha, seems like we just have constant misreading of another posts. Lastly, I was referring more to a marine epxoy (abit more flex).