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Replacement for carb grommets?
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I might be listing some in the near future if I can find them. They were 1978 26's. The year the mixture screw was on the bottom of the bowl. Factory had that white nylon limiter cap on the screws, so you could only turn the screw a 1/4 turn each way
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I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
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I'm going to give a call to a seal specialty company tomorrow and see what they have to say about fitment. If I can, I'll get a couple and report back, can't hurt to try, right? Who knows, a generic shaft seal might work just as well, but something has got to be better than my 35 year old originals.
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2009 Yamaha R1 wheels
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I can not detect any issue with my original 1978 KZ 650SR originals.
Just wondering what to be on the out look for
78 KZ650SR Mine since 79
4-1 Mac Jet Hot coated since mid 80's
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I do belive a member here purchased my carbs "new old ride" ? $100 for the whole deal. But man were these grommets sweet! Soft and pliable and tight. They were sitting in a box in my cellar foe 20 plus years.z1kzonly wrote: Just wait for ebay to have a junk set of 26mm selling for parts. Ask the seller if the grommets are OK.
I might be listing some in the near future if I can find them. They were 1978 26's. The year the mixture screw was on the bottom of the bowl. Factory had that white nylon limiter cap on the screws, so you could only turn the screw a 1/4 turn each way
These grommets have to be right on! any vacumm leak will change the performance into the carb body big time!
Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
Starts everytime!
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z1kzonly wrote: .................These grommets have to be right on! any vacumm leak will change the performance into the carb body big time!
?? If the grommets are the ones that the carb linkage shaft runs through I do not believe they can in any way create or contribute much to a vacuum leak. Keep in mind, that when you synchronize the carbs you do so with the top caps removed, so if the grommets could cause a vacuum leak surely removing the carb tops also would. But removing the carb tops doesn't create a leak or you could never synch the carbs, so I don't think there is any vacuum being pulled in the top area of the carbs which means the grommets couldn't contribute to a vacuum leak. Am I missing something?? Ed
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So, why not neoprene hose only?, a little cap made for the 2 ends?. I make all kinds of stuff!
Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
Starts everytime!
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