Bowl gaskets

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Bowl gaskets

01 Jun 2015 10:54 - 01 Jun 2015 10:54

Somebody pleeeease tell me why my carb bowl gaskets fit into the notches very easily but then after a couple hours of riding,
went to go through the carbs again to make sure everything was good, the gaskets were super stretched out and wouldnt fit back in ????

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New Albany,IN

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Re: Bowl gaskets

01 Jun 2015 10:57

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let them seat and dry.... they will shrink back to stock lenght.

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01 Jun 2015 11:02

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Awesome! any idea why they do that though? They were unbelievably stretched out

undiablo wrote: let them seat and dry.... they will shrink back to stock lenght.

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01 Jun 2015 11:04

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Material is not good enough... ethanol perhaps? happened to me with K&L orings and gaskets.

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01 Jun 2015 11:07

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undiablo wrote: Material is not good enough... ethanol perhaps? happened to me with K&L orings and gaskets.

Yep! Those gaskets are K&L im pretty sure. hmm

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01 Jun 2015 11:24

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K/L not good.... Had same problem.
Change them out.

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Re: Bowl gaskets

01 Jun 2015 11:27

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Yeah no doubt. Thanks guys!

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01 Jun 2015 14:29

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Had my bowls off my stock carbs and 29mmers a fair amount of times and have not needed to replace them yet .......

When I do I'll be sure to use NOS it looks like.

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01 Jun 2015 14:48

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Jeez dont tell me that guys .Just got finished rebuilding my girls 550 carbs with K&l stuff that I got from Z1 . Also got the petcock kit . That kit didnt work at all . The o ring wouldnt seal in the valve . Ended up putting the old one in .

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01 Jun 2015 18:02

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Haha same thing happened to me with the petcock kit. Bummer. Know any other companies with quality products?

riturbo wrote: Also got the petcock kit . That kit didnt work at all . The o ring wouldnt seal in the valve . Ended up putting the old one in .

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01 Jun 2015 18:07

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I never buy gaskets for the bowls. I use grease to make them seal. Just make them tacky. Last week when I went through the 550 carbs, (O rings) I smeared a little grease on them and they sealed even though they were hard and chipping.
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01 Jun 2015 18:10

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spdygon wrote: K/L not good.... Had same problem.
Change them out.

Same here K/L is junk. With as much trouble associated with their parts I fail to see how they have become so large?? Or why Z1 continues to sell that junk. 1 of the reasons I no longer buy gaskets or carb stuff from Z1. I get my gaskets from an ebay seller, have been very satisfied, with material and workmanship. :ohmy: :ohmy:

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