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Originally Posted by pwogaman
It is just a poor design. The 617 shakes so much that it literally cracks the brackets through fatigue. I replaced my first one with a new one. I welded the orginal and keep it for a spare. I just replaced one of the rubber mounts yesterday and the damn thing still vibrates to hell. Once they go I'm going to use a 45 degree piece of 2.5" 303 SS pipe (left over from the exhaust project) and a K/N filter set up. I just need to figure out how I'm going to run the oil separator.
I am tired of the rattling!
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The real solution is to correct whatever is making you engine shake enough to fail the bracket. There is nothing wrong with the design if the engine isn't trying to shake itself apart. Avoid the K&N type hacks.