Indian Head Shellac on the intake boots?

[Guest]

The only coating I have been impressed with is the Permatex vinyl repair (black). I miss-cut the headlight boot for the cooling fins on my Cree LED headlight bulb replacement, used the vinyl repair to glue it back together and re-cut the boot for a tighter fit. I was in the headlight housing the other day and it looks as good as the day I glued it together close to a year later. I would not use it on carburetor boots, but if I had to I might try it for a temporary fix. It is good for a lot of other less critical applications, not sure of high heat applications.

[Nessism]

The guy has many bike repair videos on Youtube. The ones I have watched have been generally really helpful to me and that guy usually seems to know his stuff well, he always mentions things like replace the bolts with new ones every time, or use the correct connectors on the wires etc.. But the methods in this particular one seemed a little odd, that's why I made this thread here, to get a second opinion, to be sure.

Replace bolts with new ones every time? That's a new one on me. I can gurantee you that 99.9% of all mechanics don't follow that guideline.

[Johnny]

Replace bolts with new ones every time? That's a new one on me. I can gurantee you that 99.9% of all mechanics don't follow that guideline.

It wasn't probably meant to apply for every situation/detail on the bike, but I quoted that to give an example that this guy in the video comes off as someone who really cares about motorcycles and his work. Doesn't seem like a blunderer at all actually, if you watch more of his videos.

[Allie]

I have always used a small dab of axle/bearing grease. Technical vaseline, or even regular vaseline will work.. So will honey, STP oil treatment, ABC bubble gum... LOL

Muffin batter makes for a tasty installation.

[tkent02]

Muffin batter makes for a tasty installation.

Probably going to be hard to remove in about ten years after a lot of miles and heat cycles. But I bet it tastes better to lick off of your fingers than axle grease or STP.