Originally Posted by gtrguy
Does anyone have an idea where I can get the silver air-cleaner assembly. Looks like there have been a couple of screws overtightened and broke the plastic inserts in the plastic shell that holds the aircleaners.
Thanks for your help.
Never really looked at these close whenever I had the cover off. If inserts are really used, can you remove the damaged ones and replace with typical plastic inserts. You may have to shorten them to get them to mount flush.
Otherwise, as stated earlier, I'd go with using a plastic repair compound from Permatex or Loctite. You could try two approaches:
1) Apply some to the crack on the outside of the hole. Sort of like a reinforcement approach. Make sure the tapped hole stays in its original shape. Probably used a toothpick to apply the compound. Wouldn't hurt to apply some along the crack line inside the tapped hole. Once it hardens, you should be back in business. The material applied inside the tapped hole will allow the screw to grab something when you tighten it during assembly.
2) You can always fill the hole with the repair compound. After the compound sets up, drill a pilot hole for the screws.
Good luck,