inatke boots - problem solved I believe

[donberry]

My first post was asking about how the heck the intake boots were mounted to the engine. I was told it used a 7mm clamp and I just could not figure out how a clamp went over the air sync port. Someone mentioned it was a skinny clamp, but I just did not see how it would go over the synch part of the boot.
Looking at http://bwringer.com/gs/intakeorings.html , it looks as though the intakes he has are one piece, with the clamp attaching the intake to the carb.
The intakes I have are two pieces, one is rubber with the part that attaches to the heads being metal.
If I am not mistaken then, the intake boots I have were at one time sealed to this piece of metal, effectively making it one piece. The only clamp on these is the one going to the carb itself. Is this correct ?
Which would mean I need new intake boots which are the one piece ones ?
I don't believe an epoxy should be used on this piece so I am taking for granted it is a must bite the bullet kind of thing ?

Best place to buy intake boots ? 22.00 at bikebandit so I am assuming pretty much the same everywhere ?

Easy to see why this bike did not run. Guy said he rebuilt and cleaned the carbs. No way she would run sucking this much air as the intakes were kept on the carbs by the pressure of the airbox only.

[ironsheik]

Yup, your boots are toast. Bikebandit is about $2-3 more per boot than most places but they're reliable. Good luck

Josh

---Now I see Nessism's post and realized I made an assumption and you know what that makes an ass out of... Maybe you don't have a bigger four cylinder?

[Nessism]

Sounds like you have an early GS400. Parts diagram shows a separate runner that the boot attaches to. Not sure what to suggest regarding sealing the aluminum runner - at least on the side where the rubber boot attaches. Most GS bikes have an o-ring but I don't see one on the 400

[donberry]

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nessisim - no, the bike is a GS850. I also noticed that mine are attached to the engine with phillips head screws but on bwringer's site, his are attached with allen head bolts.
Maybe someone switched them ?
Big debate for me is how far I want to strip the bike down to "restore" it. I am debating taking engine out and painting frame etc - just not sure how far I want to go.
I may try to get her cranked up and just hear how the engine sounds before I make any rash decisions.
cd manual - thank you thank u thank u - great info on that - it is now my night time read

[Dave8338]

nessisim - no, the bike is a GS850. I also noticed that mine are attached to the engine with phillips head screws but on bwringer's site, his are attached with allen head bolts.
Maybe someone switched them ?

Brian switched them...get the old phillips heads out and reinstall the new boots with stainless allen heads. If you ever need to remove them again, it will be easy. The "black" allen heads will rust very quickly...ask me how I know!