GS850 Carb boot seperating from spacer

[Guest]

So I have tried to search and have not been able to find the info I am looking for on this one.

On my recent purchase of a GS850 I realized that one of my carb intake boots was seperating from the spacer.

of all the parts fiche's that I have looked at and online dealers these appear to be a single piece, not meant to seperate

The rubber is not cracked or hard, and definetly still useable.

I was just wondering if I could expoxy it back into place?

thanks all

[portdave]

Do you mean the intake boot in front of the carbs?

[blackstag]

yep, those are the ones. one of my right intake boots is seperating, it appears that they tried to seal it using a gasket sealer.

hahaha...

[Freebeer]

Yeah, you're just going to have to buy a new one. They aren't supposed to separate, and could be causing all kinds of leak issues.

[portdave]

I have plenty of extras that are in good shape if you want a used one. The biggest thing to remember is to replace the O rings between the boots and the engine. cycleorings.com

[loud et]

The only "proper" solution is to buy brand new ones. I know its a bit if sticker shock, as they aren't exactly cheap. I would take up the offer of some free or low cost used ones.
I will admit, I repaired a set of four before.
After thorough cleaning of the metal base plate and the rubber boot, I used a form of quick epoxy to secure them together. Then after that dried(30mins) I topped the joint with a nice bead/ gusset of some high flex specialty caulking I had in black.
Then i smoothed it in for maximun surface adhesion between the two surfaces.
I dont imagine this a " forever" repair, but it is working very well and looks good too.
So, it is possible, but who knows how long iy will last.