houston, we have a problem!!!!

i hope for my sake jb weld is impervious to gasoline.....two float pins were STUCK and i busted one of the arms for the pin..carb clean and p b blaster helped a little and i got it halfway ...this whole little rebuild might be dead in the water...let the snickering begin!!:laugh: ....
anybody know?.....thanks.....damn... i was cruising right along too......

try it i know guys that use jb weld to raise the floors in there intake ports and it seems to hold up well to that. in the future try using an automatic center punch to knock outthe pins instead of a hammer and pin punch the automatic center punch will shoot those pins right out with virtually no stress on the towers. i have been using that tool for around 20 years and i have never broken one in all that time.

timebomb33 wrote:

try it i know guys that use jb weld to raise the floors in there intake ports and it seems to hold up well to that. in the future try using an automatic center punch to knock outthe pins instead of a hammer and pin punch the automatic center punch will shoot those pins right out with virtually no stress on the towers.

thanks tim...its setting up now..we will see...if it doesnt set up, well i guess i got more spare parts...i had cleaned slides and reset clips on needles and reassembled that part all i had to do was pull floats and jets and clean a lot and reassemble...learned quite a bit already...if anything,
i got intimate with the inner workings of a mikuni...

like i said if you have to go thru this again try the automatic center punch you will be amazed. hopefully this works for you. i have my eyes crossed for you. good luck

timebomb33 wrote:

like i said if you have to go thru this again try the automatic center punch you will be amazed. hopefully this works for you. i have my eyes crossed for you. good luck

thanks....these things were fairly clean, but someone stored them with gas in them....carb one had the needle stuck in the body...i m like ..wtf?...found the e-clip and the two plastic pcs up inside the slide...old carbs...ya get what ya pay for....:laugh:

that always scares me about e-bay it seems to me just aplace to pawn off your junk on some poor unsuspecting sucker.if they are getting rid of it it must be for a reason

JB weld is good stuff but it will not hold up to gas for long. It will eventually break down and fail. Sorry.

keith i would give that jb weld at least 24 hours to setup before you try to put the pin in as well maybe even 2 or 3 days it is broken now already you might as well give a good chance to work properly.

timebomb33,

Just my 2 cents....

I know that sometimes the items on ebay are junk and we have to be care to read the details in the descriptions.

But I've found over the years that the majority of the items I've purchased are just what was decribed and in the condition listed.

Ebay is a great forum for being able to find any part (or other item) you are looking for and have the chance to pick it up for far less that the retail value.

I, for one, alway have a reason for listing items on ebay...#1-I don't need the part any longer and #2-I need more money to buy different parts that I do need.

I recommend you alway look at the sellers feedback and ask questions if there's any doubt about the decription or condition of the item listed.

Good luck bidding and give thanks for the World Wide Market that ebay bring to our doors.

Buzz

KruZer wrote:

timebomb33,

Just my 2 cents....

I know that sometimes the items on ebay are junk and we have to be care to read the details in the descriptions.

But I've found over the years that the majority of the items I've purchased are just what was decribed and in the condition listed.

Ebay is a great forum for being able to find any part (or other item) you are looking for and have the chance to pick it up for far less that the retail value.

I, for one, alway have a reason for listing items on ebay...#1-I don't need the part any longer and #2-I need more money to buy different parts that I do need.

I recommend you alway look at the sellers feedback and ask questions if there's any doubt about the decription or condition of the item listed.

Good luck bidding and give thanks for the World Wide Market that ebay bring to our doors.

Buzz

i have bought a lot off of ebay and gotten what i paid for 99% of the time.....this ones on me...if i was a tad better wrench, well i wouldnt be here.....i just checked my email...my carbs are on there way back from wg.....woo hoo..
i bought the 28 s to mess around with....and learn i did.......all part of the curve.....

timebomb33 wrote:

keith i would give that jb weld at least 24 hours to setup before you try to put the pin in as well maybe even 2 or 3 days it is broken now already you might as well give a good chance to work properly.

tim,
what i did was set it up with pin already in so as not to have alignment issues...i figured it would help hold it in place.....

buzz i have been led down the garden path one too many times i guess. i must be getting cynical in my old age. i just like to be able to look and feel the item before i fork over the hard earned cash i have found that most people are honest in there judgements of the condition of items but shall we say that there are also the ones that are a bit optimistic on the quality of what they have for sale. it just makes me abit nervous that's all.