Hopefully I've posted in the CORRECT forum, however I'm confident that if I've erred, the authorities will move this post to the correct forum. Onward...........
Totally beautiful and awesome day here in North Alabama. I finished work around 1pm, and decided to take the long way home. 3 hours later I pulled into my driveway, hooked Thumper up to her battery charger, grabbed a beer, and did my usual post ride looksee. The air cleaner seemed AWFUL loose. I took the cover off, and the filter was........well............"squishy." Don't have any other word for it besides "mushy." It wasn't right. Part of the problem may be that it is the POS filter which came with the SE A/C kit. Also noticed cracks around the screws which hold it onto the posts, and the metal appeared bowed. I tried to take the filter off, and the posts came off with it. Backplate, posts and the inside of the filter were covered with black oil, which tells me there has been some vibrating going on for awhile. I removed the posts from the filter, and the metal around the holes in the filter fell apart. See the following two pictures.