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Wicked Webby Air Box Mod Warning
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<blockquote data-quote="UselessPickles" data-source="post: 617611" data-attributes="member: 3256"><p>I'll agree that it was a flawed filter, but I'm the one that introduced the flaw by flattening the screen. Bending the wire in the opposite direction that it had already been bent weakened it. All the junk it accumulated in only 4k miles created a bigger pressure differential (it clogged a bit), which caused more force to be applied to the weakened creases.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I was more forceful than you in flattening my filters and/or maybe I just live in a dirtier place that allows my filters to get clogged quicker. Or maybe I really did just get a weak section of screen from K&N, but it probably was within spec and would've been just fine as it was in its original form (pleated). Either way, K&N will just tell me that I didn't use their filter as designed/intended. I'm not willing to risk sending more aluminum screen into my engine, so I'm going back to an air filter that I know for a fact was designed to withstand the airflow forces of the FJR and provide adequate filtering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UselessPickles, post: 617611, member: 3256"] I'll agree that it was a flawed filter, but I'm the one that introduced the flaw by flattening the screen. Bending the wire in the opposite direction that it had already been bent weakened it. All the junk it accumulated in only 4k miles created a bigger pressure differential (it clogged a bit), which caused more force to be applied to the weakened creases. Maybe I was more forceful than you in flattening my filters and/or maybe I just live in a dirtier place that allows my filters to get clogged quicker. Or maybe I really did just get a weak section of screen from K&N, but it probably was within spec and would've been just fine as it was in its original form (pleated). Either way, K&N will just tell me that I didn't use their filter as designed/intended. I'm not willing to risk sending more aluminum screen into my engine, so I'm going back to an air filter that I know for a fact was designed to withstand the airflow forces of the FJR and provide adequate filtering. [/QUOTE]
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