[highlight]The Screamin' Eagle air cleaner kits currently available DO NOT come with the superior K&N oiled air filter element. The non-oiled paper elements that H-D currently uses are not very durable, and in fact some of the rubber gaskets have shown major deterioration in 5000 miles. You can do as I did, which is to throw the paper element in the weeds and buy the real K&N filter element (or the similar element from Zippers or Arlen Ness). Unfortunately, this involves additional expense on top of the rather excessive price for the original SE kit. There is another way for those who haven't purchased the kit yet. Purchase the K&N filter (K&N part number HD-0800, internet or direct, approximately $45 to $50), then buy the chrome back plate ($40) and the studs/screws/etc. individually from your dealer. The following H-D part numbers, combined with the K&N filter element, equals a kit like the old SE air cleaner, without the added expense of the throwaway paper element, and with a better looking chrome back plate:
Back Plate, Chrome 29510-05
Gasket 29583-01A
Breather Tube - rubber (2) 29557-05
"O" ring (2) 11292
Stud, mounting (3) 29447-99A
Screw, button head (3) 3938
You reuse the original breather hollow bolts, but if you need new ones for some reason the part number is 29465-99.
Jerry
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4/9/06 Updated gasket part number to 29583-01A [/highlight]
OK, guys...copied and pasted the original post from Jerry (grc) out of the Twin Cam topic into here...I also bumped the thread back to the top, so if you want to read all the associated comments you can do so in the Twin Cam section of the board.