Has anyone else had the problem of the glue holding the rubber flap on their heat shield to be melted off? I opened my hood last week and found that the rubber pieces (top and read-side) to be disconnected from the metal part. I have emailed JWT about this problem and they have not contacted me back for a solution......

 

they press down onto the metal? mine does anyway.

 

+1

 

can you post a pic. not sure exactly what you're talking about? My pieces were just pressed on to the heat shield. Not glued.

 

Heh, my guess is you didn't notice that these were just slipped on and they weren't seated all the way so they fell off. Weird though, mine were not on the shield when I received the parts and the instructions clearly stated how to install.

 

no no no, I had the same problem. the flap is glued onto the peice that clips onto the metal heat shield. I had my glue come off as well...

 

^^^I see where that could be a problem. I will have to keep a look out for that on mine. If it happens, I don't see why you couldn't just use some high heat adhesive. Preferably a silicone based adhesive. I don't know to many details but some silicone adhesives will hold up to 350°-450°. Some get up to 700-800°.

I took this from Mcmaster-Carr's website:
Silicones (pages 3304-3305)— Uses: Low-strength bonding, sealing, filling spaces between surfaces, encasing items in adhesive (potting), and gasketing. Most are one-component room-temperature vulcanizing (RTV) liquid rubbers that keep their rubber properties under almost any conditions. They reach full strength in 24-72 hours through exposure to moisture in the air. Excellent resistance to temperature extremes (-60° to +450° F), as well as chemicals, UV radiation, ozone, and weather. Silicones make great gap fillers and sealants for low-stress applications. They adhere to rigid and flexible substrates including metal, glass, fiberglass (FRP), cement, canvas, rubber, plastic, ceramics, and wood. Since they don't run, they're good for vertical and overhead applications.

 

yeah, ripped mine off

 

Ahh, illuminating, thanks for shedding some light here. Back to stock box tonight for me anyway, but still good info.

 

It's the cheapest intake out there... I guess you can't expect it to last forever.

 

I knew the poop charger had heat soak issues... but melting the rubber shroud?? LMAO! :-)

 

it doesn't melt any rubber. it simply delaminates two peices, the strip and base harder rubber 'clip' are both intact and undamaged.

I just pulled it off cause it looked terrible. and the pop charger is not the only intake that suffers from heatsoak any short ram sans SEALED airbox will have the same issues.

 

This Thread Is Worthless Without Pics?

 

Damn..
My Popcharger filter keeps popping out lol...

 

Jam that filter back on there and tighten the hell outta that clamp. Same thing happened to me and apparently I was driving around for some period of time sucking in unfiltered air.

 

clean the venturi ring and inside of the filter collar. then make sure the clamp is in the correct position (I believe there is a lip) and that the cone filter is far enough down.

I had the same issue early on but it has never returned.