What I learned today...Amal intake bellows...

I am running twin amals with the stock intake. The bellows have always been a PITA. Finally today I discovered something that worked well enough to share. I took the lid from a tin can and placed it over the hole in the air cleaner so that I could move the carb around to get it into place without the bellows hanging up in the hole and trying to push thru. I put a smear of grease around the hole in the intake and then some on the lid so it would slide out easily. After I bolted up the carb, I slid the lid out and the bellows popped right into place. Why did it take so long to figure that one out?
Russ

I also learned that the bike runs a lot better when your jet holder isn't coming loose inside the bowl...

Whoa What!
Breaking long tradition of swearing stooped strain to seal carbs,
what will you do next that ain't in the Norton manual.
Grease eh, hmm.
I may take you lead but try tape across the holes.

hobot

So it is intrinsically difficult! I just thought I was stoopid!

I've read this before where people have had a difficult time fitting the bellows onto the carbs, but I've never had a problem. When removing the carbs, I find it easier to pull the air filter out, then pull the front airfilter housing plate, with bellows, off the carbs. The bellows push off nicely from the carb intakes.
To reverse, just insert finger or two from one hand, into the bellows from the inside of the airfilter housing plate and stretch the bellows rubber over the carb intake as you use your free hand to hold the bellow's lip over the intake...takes maybe 15 seconds. Then go to the otherside of the bike and repeat. Reinstall the airfilter, and away you go.

singring said:

I've read this before where people have had a difficult time fitting the bellows onto the carbs, but I've never had a problem. When removing the carbs, I find it easier to pull the air filter out, then pull the front airfilter housing plate, with bellows, off the carbs. The bellows push off nicely from the carb intakes.
To reverse, just insert finger or two from one hand, into the bellows from the inside of the airfilter housing plate and stretch the bellows rubber over the carb intake as you use your free hand to hold the bellow's lip over the intake...takes maybe 15 seconds. Then go to the otherside of the bike and repeat. Reinstall the airfilter, and away you go.

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Sounds good, but only for the breadbox filter.
It took me a good hour and a half to get mine fully into place with the MkIIA plastic filter box, and even then I had to double-check because I didn't believe it!
2 main tools were a bicycle spoke and a foul mouth :roll:

B+Bogus said:

singring said:

2 main tools were a bicycle spoke and a foul mouth :roll:

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I ain't got a bicycle spoke but I have a tool box full of the latter.

davamb

He is stupid, you are confused, I am intrinsically difficult.