Repairing air box
Repairing air box
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.Mark

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11,104 posts

305 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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While removing the battery tonight I found out that the air box is not fixed to the bracket at the rear. It seems like the 2 allen bolts at the front go in to captive nuts, but there is just a hole at the rear. Is it easily repairable, has anyone managed a fix or is it just a case of a new box?

Ireland

3,517 posts

243 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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Do you mean that the mounting part of the air box has broken off?

If so mine has been like that since I got the car and it's never caused any problems for me.

If you mean something else do you have a pic of it?

caduceus

6,126 posts

295 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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.Mark said:
While removing the battery tonight I found out that the air box is not fixed to the bracket at the rear. It seems like the 2 allen bolts at the front go in to captive nuts, but there is just a hole at the rear. Is it easily repairable, has anyone managed a fix or is it just a case of a new box?
Its all fibre glass. Easy repair. Nuts, resin, done. Don'tya just love GRP...

.Mark

Original Poster:

11,104 posts

305 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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Ireland said:
Do you mean that the mounting part of the air box has broken off?

If so mine has been like that since I got the car and it's never caused any problems for me.

If you mean something else do you have a pic of it?
Yes, the captive nut in the airbox is missing. I'd like to fix it, but would rather be driving it biggrin

.Mark

Original Poster:

11,104 posts

305 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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caduceus said:
Its all fibre glass. Easy repair. Nuts, resin, done. Don'tya just love GRP...
Well practiced with repairing the battery box in that way on the Chimaera smile

pmessling

2,318 posts

232 months

Wednesday 9th March 2011
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i've got the airbox trumpets to repair at some stage on the airboxes i removed for the carbon one. Summer job i think.