I'm pretty sure they're just to maintain the shape of the boots. There's no way to reach them from within the box.
-Kyle On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh those clips! Never dealt with them because I never removed the boots > into the air box. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 19, 2015, at 00:18, Daniel Conder <[email protected]> wrote: > > These are some good ideas. I will give it a try. Just to be clear What is > the best order of operation among the three connections. 1. carb to engine > intake. 2. boot/joint to carb. 3. boot/joint to air box. Does anyone know > about the thick metal wire running through the boots on the air box side? > What is is function or how is it used? Is it used to help install? Or is it > more of a retaining clip and winds up inside the air box. Or does part of > it show outside the air box when installed. > > On Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 5:10:57 PM UTC-6, Daniel Conder wrote: >> >> >> >> Last time I had the intake-air boots off the 1983 CB650SC bike I did not >> remember this much trouble trying to line up and clamp on the carb. I >> pretty much rage quite working in it. I notice there is some heavy wire as >> part of the boot. I can't help but think that may have something to do with >> helping reassemble, but not sure what it is for. The manual had a step >> that simply read "movie the air cleaner chamber to the rear." I am not >> aware of it being moveable. Once again a tid bit I am probably missing. If >> someone out there has a sane procedure that works for them getting those >> %$^%& boots back on the carb I would be most grateful. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
