nydiver
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09 Nytro RTX
91 Phazer II (gotta have a classic / kids bomber :) )
While I had the front end apart to do the steering stem and headlight I decided to fix the K&N filters once and for all. Here is what I did, maybe its not so smart.
The holes where the air box went i used to hold the bent aluminum sheet. I rolled it just a little around the bar and cut clearance for the stem on both legs of the angle. I then figured out where I wanted to drill my holes in the angle to secure the filters and drilled them on the bench. I then transferred from those holes to the end of the filters and drilled those out. From the inside I put a 1" 1/4-20 bolt with a fender washer on each side of the filter wall and secured that in with a nut, basically sandwiching the filter wall and making the bolt very secure. I mounted the middle then the 2 side filters, brought in the angle bracket over the bolts and secured it to the frame using some metric bolts that were just right for the job. Finally I put 1/4-20 nuts on the filter studs to make them extra secure. I don't think I needed to secure the bolts to the plate, it was pretty secure without them just using the bolts as pins, but just in case I used them. Maybe wing nuts would be better for in-field removal. If it all works then I'll take it apart and round the corners of the plate and clean it up, make it purdy.
The holes where the air box went i used to hold the bent aluminum sheet. I rolled it just a little around the bar and cut clearance for the stem on both legs of the angle. I then figured out where I wanted to drill my holes in the angle to secure the filters and drilled them on the bench. I then transferred from those holes to the end of the filters and drilled those out. From the inside I put a 1" 1/4-20 bolt with a fender washer on each side of the filter wall and secured that in with a nut, basically sandwiching the filter wall and making the bolt very secure. I mounted the middle then the 2 side filters, brought in the angle bracket over the bolts and secured it to the frame using some metric bolts that were just right for the job. Finally I put 1/4-20 nuts on the filter studs to make them extra secure. I don't think I needed to secure the bolts to the plate, it was pretty secure without them just using the bolts as pins, but just in case I used them. Maybe wing nuts would be better for in-field removal. If it all works then I'll take it apart and round the corners of the plate and clean it up, make it purdy.
linemech31
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What improvements did you see when you installed the k@n filters?
