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Replacing Foam in stock Air Filter

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Hi. Just bought this GS550 and going through it.

The Foam that was in the filter literally crumbles to dust to the touch.

I was thinking I would just buy some UNI green Foam (65 PPI) and cut it to shape and put it back in this filter. Then Oil it lightly. Should I use something with Less PPI?

I wanted to check to make sure there wasn't something missing as to why i should NOT do this.
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We have a M/C store here Cycle One(407-650-0607) that's been around forever and the guy that runs the place(Carlos I think) recommended doing what your thinking. He actually would cut just the amount you needed and sell that. May be worth contacting him to see what foam he was using. Just tell him it for a GS550 and he'll know what your talking about.
 
Not sure if the green or black is the finer mesh, but you need the fine. Cutting a piece of sheet foam for a replacement filter would work well. As I recall I did just that on a couple of GS's.
 
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