Removing Air filter housing cover?

hogweed · Mar 23, 2024

I’m going to be fitting a DNA filter at my second try soon as I ran out of time the first attempt.
When I get to the filter housing cover what’s the method of unhooking it from the back mounts after undoing the three nuts at the front .Do I push the cover away from me to release it from the three lugs?Cheers

ExtremeAntics · Mar 25, 2024

You need to lift the outside to clear the bolts then slide towards the rear of the bike from memory, is a lot easier if you can remove the tank.

Eugene IT. · Nov 11, 2025

Может быть, это изображение кому-то поможет.

rick danger · Nov 11, 2025

I remember removing a couple of the studs to get the filter past. Not sure if it was necessary. Just what seemed easiest.

Journeyman · Nov 13, 2025

That photo is a great help in visualizing what you need to do, which is to push up, slightly, and back (toward the right side of the bike), then pull down and away.
It's fiddly as F...k!

I've always had the tank off

Ward · Nov 13, 2025

I did it for the first time just recently. I took the tank off first, how on earth you can do it without removing the tank defeats me. One tip I found useful in putting the tray back in, is to lube the "hooks" with petroleum jelly, lever the tray up with a block of wood and tap it back from the front with a rubber mallet, and they just pop-in !

rick danger · Nov 13, 2025

I didn't even try to take the cover off. Didn't know you could. Guess that's why I had to pull a couple of the studs out. Oh well, next time.

papanorm · Friday at 5:06 AM

rick danger said:
I didn't even try to take the cover off. Didn't know you could. Guess that's why I had to pull a couple of the studs out. Oh well, next time.

How do the studs come out? Do you just grab them with a nice grip?

rick danger · Friday at 9:08 AM

papanorm said:
How do the studs come out? Do you just grab them with a nice grip?

I think I used small channel locks. If they don't grab though, vise grips should work. or double nut them. If I would have thought about it, I might have replaced the studs with bolts for next time. I think they were like M6 or so.

papanorm · Friday at 10:49 AM

rick danger said:
I think I used small channel locks. If they don't grab though, vise grips should work. or double nut them. If I would have thought about it, I might have replaced the studs with bolts for next time. I think they were like M6 or so.

That seems easier to me than fighting with the airbox hinges from what I've seen.

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