Hi, My intake boot going from the carb to the engine had about a 2" crack in it so you could stick a finger or two though it. Ran the machine like this for months, noticed throttle inconsistancies and checked and found the large crack. This is on a 2005 sp 700 carb. It only has 160hrs and 1050 miles, this also happened to my 2003 sp 600 twin. Anyone else have this issue?? I checked the motor mounts and they seem fine.

 

it happened on mine between the air box and carb. i went to lowe's and got a rubber pipe coupling. it was to long so i shorten it up a lot cheaper then o.e. and a lot thicker rubber

 

Yes mine cracked but it had liken 4000 miles.

 

Have had a couple split on early models,not sure if later intakes have been strengthened.

 

It's not just cracked, when I took mine off the rubber was flaking inside, you could just scape it off. thanks.

 

i have had several of these go bad im surprised your carb didnt clog up with dirt and drefinitely not good for the engine i check mine at every oil change jmo[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

What about the 2006 models?.......Any issues?...........Thanks Caper........

 

Is it only the 600s and 700s doing this?

 

no i have had 500 non efi do it i think any carbureted model is a candidate for the problem i just make it part of my maintenance program to check the boot

 

Im suprised it did it on your 500 non efi, being the boot is so much shorter...it is like the rubber is not made for the gasoline and hot to cold applications. I will have to check the 500 better now...and those boots are not cheap..mine was 62 dollars!! I figured it was kind of wide spread when the dealer had mine on hand...