Removed air intake and can't get it back on

[Flashjammin]

I need some help please.
I was tinkering with the bike and wanted to have a look in the carbs so I removed the air intake and now I cant get it back on...

Bike is a Suzuki GSXR250 1988.
It has a big plastic air cleaner with the foam filter on top then it attaches to the carbs with 2 rubber tubes (twin carb so 2 tubes) inside of these rubber tubes there is a metal ring thing that is springy and I think is supposed to hole the tubes in place inside the air intake piece.

Im having a lot of trouble fitting these back inside the tubes and fitting the tubes onto the air intake.


Any advice??

[Road kill]

Slow down,have a cup of tea an think about something else for a while.
After doing that something else return to the bike and the break will often trip a dose of insight on the problem.

A light smear of dish washing liquid or oil around the lip can help those rubbers slip on better.

Not to much but.:nono:

[mossy1200]

Put them in a bucket of hot water for a while to soften up.

[The Reibz]

Put CRC on them as a lubricant or heat them up in water like mossy said.
Had a FZR that used to be shocking for this.

[hayd3n]

heat makes the rubber more pliable, and lube
heat and lube :),
kinda like trying to put a cold dick in a dry vag, warm it up and get it wet :)

[fridayflash]

the twin pair of oval bastard twin-throat carbs on your bike are notoriously tricky to get back on..ive never owned one but have helped others, early gsxr400 and impulse etc had them too...cant even remember the trick but perseverance peppered with mental health breaks will eventually pay off. as previously stated, lube them up or if you really have to put em in hot water, but that would nescesitate removing them completely or removing the whole
airbox causing more traps for young players. i say lube, a bit of warmth from a hair dryer, slide the back (tricky side) on and coax the easy side on with a skinny screwdriver whilst applying some f'ord pressure of sorts.

good luck

[kiwi cowboy]

I need some help please.
I was tinkering with the bike and wanted to have a look in the carbs so I removed the air intake and now I cant get it back on...

Bike is a Suzuki GSXR250 1988.
It has a big plastic air cleaner with the foam filter on top then it attaches to the carbs with 2 rubber tubes (twin carb so 2 tubes) inside of these rubber tubes there is a metal ring thing that is springy and I think is supposed to hole the tubes in place inside the air intake piece.

Im having a lot of trouble fitting these back inside the tubes and fitting the tubes onto the air intake.


Any advice??

can you post a pic?.
from what you are saying it sounds like you cant get the metal spring in the tube and get that into the air box not getting the tube on the carbs.
Am I correct?.
I have a impulse and I get the metal ring and cross the ends over so its smaller and put inside the tube.
Then try to hold them crossed over with your finger inside the tube and thumb on the outside while easing it into the intake hole.
Once in try to push the spring overlap so the two ends hit on each other and be holding the rubber out.
Hope that makes scence.

[kiwi cowboy]

heat makes the rubber more pliable, and lube
heat and lube :),
kinda like trying to put a cold dick in a dry vag, warm it up and get it wet :)

hahahaha must bling:2thumbsup

[Flashjammin]

So after about 5 goes at it I finally got them back on. I took the rubber bits off the carbs to make it easier to put them back on the the air box which was a mission with the springy metal bits! Then I jimmied up a piece of wire and used it help slide them into the carbs a screwdriver was no good cos of the tight space, also a bit of crc helped lube it up as suggested.

Keeping a cool head and taking it slowly helped as well and taking a break when it got too frustrating. Thanks for all the great advice.

Best of all I was able to take the bike out for a blast in the afternoon sun after I had it all back together.

[fridayflash]

good onya mate...top result! on re-reading your first post i realised id given you the wrong advice hehe, well done though..every little job like that you conquer stays in the memory banks forever eh :niceone:

[Flashjammin]

good onya mate...top result! on re-reading your first post i realised id given you the wrong advice hehe, well done though..every little job like that you conquer stays in the memory banks forever eh :niceone:

Cheers. I think it would have been a lot harder if I hadn't taken the air box off cos I wouldn't have been able to get the rubber tunes on with the metal spring pieces

[investinwaffles]

Its always the most simple finishing touches that cause me the most headaches.

Glad to hear you got it sorted out, and it always feels like victory when I can actually ride the damn thing after I spend hours/days/weeks/months trying to make it my bitch (so to speak) :p

[kiwi cowboy]

So after about 5 goes at it I finally got them back on. I took the rubber bits off the carbs to make it easier to put them back on the the air box which was a mission with the springy metal bits! Then I jimmied up a piece of wire and used it help slide them into the carbs a screwdriver was no good cos of the tight space, also a bit of crc helped lube it up as suggested.

Keeping a cool head and taking it slowly helped as well and taking a break when it got too frustrating. Thanks for all the great advice.

Best of all I was able to take the bike out for a blast in the afternoon sun after I had it all back together.

good ya got it sorted.
When you've done it a dozen times you will be a pro and it will seem easy like my 400:cool: