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Anyone Else Have Failed Uni Filters?
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Author:  Jim [ Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Anyone Else Have Failed Uni Filters?
I noticed I was missing a Uni filter from my Moto Guzzi. I checked the other one and it was hanging on by a thread. Has anyone else had one fail like this? It's five years old. I have K&Ns that are 30 years old and still OK.
Author:  Chris [ Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anyone Else Have Failed Uni Filters?
Not me Jim. I've had some old ones where the foam has started to disintegrate, but never the rubber like that.
Author:  Hawaii-Mike [ Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:07 pm ]
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I haven't seen the rubber parts fail yet. The foam is only good for a year or two on my bikes, then it disintegrates.
Author:  Jim [ Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anyone Else Have Failed Uni Filters?
I've emailed Uni. It'll be interesting to find out what they have to say.
Author:  Tim Steele [ Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:17 pm ]
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I have to change mine every five years or so. They start crumbling.
Author:  H2RTuner [ Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:03 pm ]
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I never use Uni junk, always K&N, no failures
Author:  Jim [ Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anyone Else Have Failed Uni Filters?
H2RTuner wrote:
I never use Uni junk, always K&N, no failures

They're well made for sure, but I don't like the way you can see through them if you hold them up to the light.
Author:  BarryB [ Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:37 am ]
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That's a first for me!!!
Author:  Ja-Moo [ Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:26 am ]
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OH, it was on the Guzzi......... ;)
Author:  kawi3cyl [ Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anyone Else Have Failed Uni Filters?
Jim, not sure it would've helped in this instance, but after repeatedly losing filters when I had my KH400, I've since hooked a spring through the rubber where it meets the filter material, and then hook the other end around the brass choke plunger. This way you don't have to tighten the filter clamps nearly as much in order to keep them on the carbs. And if one does come loose, it'll still be on your bike, not down the road 50 miles back.
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