Anyone know how to get the air filter off this old yamaha

travis-grant
Edited Date/Time 3/26/2022 7:02am
Doyoujust press in to release?




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dkurtd 3/24/2022 7:54am
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Should be two wing-nuts on the front side of the airbox. Go look at the RMATVMC parts breakdown for the bike and you will see what I'm talking about.
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OldPro277 3/24/2022 9:41am
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Yes ,that is correct. The wingnuts have likely been replaced by normal hex nuts ,so it's just not jumping out at you that those need to be removed.
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PFitzG38 3/24/2022 10:11am
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I’ll pretend I didn’t see this thread and give you a mulligan
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mx317 3/24/2022 12:26pm
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A guy comes on here asking fellow moto heads for help and gets grief. We can do better than that.
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mx317 3/24/2022 12:28pm
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OldPro277 wrote:
Yes ,that is correct. The wingnuts have likely been replaced by normal hex nuts ,so it's just not jumping out at you that those need to...
Yes ,that is correct. The wingnuts have likely been replaced by normal hex nuts ,so it's just not jumping out at you that those need to be removed.
I remember replacing those wing nuts with nylon insert wing nuts from a Maico airfilter setup.
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RaceFace58 3/25/2022 9:59am
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mx317 wrote:
A guy comes on here asking fellow moto heads for help and gets grief. We can do better than that.
I would agree if he put some effort into it, like a non-blurry photo or 3 showing the setup. Im old but I’m not old enough to have owned one of these.
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OldPro277 3/25/2022 12:58pm
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mx317 wrote:
A guy comes on here asking fellow moto heads for help and gets grief. We can do better than that.
RaceFace58 wrote:
I would agree if he put some effort into it, like a non-blurry photo or 3 showing the setup. Im old but I’m not old enough...
I would agree if he put some effort into it, like a non-blurry photo or 3 showing the setup. Im old but I’m not old enough to have owned one of these.
2 of us gave him the correct answer-- some of us dont NEED a perfect picture
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cmotodad 3/25/2022 2:53pm
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I raced a number of Yamahas with that style air cleaner. Between motos, made sure to check the wing nuts and tighten reularly.
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mx317 3/25/2022 5:44pm
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cmotodad wrote:
I raced a number of Yamahas with that style air cleaner. Between motos, made sure to check the wing nuts and tighten reularly.
That’s why I used a nylon insert wing nut off of a Maico. Bought a couple of those and didn’t have to worry.
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PFitzG38 3/25/2022 9:11pm
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Sawfish wrote:
Hit it with your purse.
That's hilarious. I've already used it twice today
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TheGetFresh 3/25/2022 11:07pm
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mx317 wrote:
A guy comes on here asking fellow moto heads for help and gets grief. We can do better than that.
There’s very clearly a tech help section on the forum.
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captmoto 3/26/2022 7:02am
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cmotodad wrote:
I raced a number of Yamahas with that style air cleaner. Between motos, made sure to check the wing nuts and tighten reularly.
But be careful not to really crank on it, the cage itself is pretty much unobtanium.

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