Quote Originally Posted by SuperChimps View Post
Had a go at it on Sunday, but my weak hands couldn't wrestle some of the bigger spring clips off. I'm going to get a bigger pair of pliers and have another go.

But while I was at it, someone suggested I look for vacuum leaks by spraying some carb cleaner around my hose fittings and check for changes in idle. So not knowing exactly what I was doing I tried basically spraying every hose fitting. When I sprayed where the crankcase breather hose elbows down onto the metal piping (away from the airbox side) I got a big change. Is that a significant leak? Could that be the cause of the idling issue?
That's a definite maybe Jack. Could be a split in the rubber out of sight. bright torch and a mirror might help.

Gavin