W. Jack Hilton III [SMTP:hemi@mindspring.com] wrote:
> I guess I could just bend the bolt that comes off the original unit , but
I
> bet it's too short after the bend , eh ?
Well, the original is a bracket with two bolts, a short one pointing down, a
longer one pointing up. The two are offset by a 7/8" flat metal piece.
Trouble is, the "long" bolt is too short for the larger airbox, and there's
no obvious way to replace it with a longer one (keeping the original short
bolt and flat metal piece).
As for fabricating the S-bolt yourself, don't worry about it. Once you
remove the original air hat, it'll be immediately obvious what the S-bolt
has to look like for it to fit. I used about 12" of threaded rod for mine,
then mounted the new air cleaner and cut off the excess with a hacksaw
(don't use bolt cutters, they'll pinch the top of the rod and make nut
removal impossible).
So: get a threaded rod, 12" in length, two pairs of vise grips, and a
hacksaw. Put two bends in the rod, about 30deg. each, so the the two ends
of the rod are 7/8" apart, centre-to-centre. Here's an amazingly crude
ASCII rendition:
| ------------\ <<_______________30deg.
7/8" | \
| \------------
^________________30deg.
You don't have to be very exact at all; like I said, you'll see what I mean
(and how easy it is) when you remove the stock hat and look at what's there.
cheers,
mike
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