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Replacing float bowl gaskets ?
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Places around here either don't want to look at old bikes, or they will gladly overcharge you for the pleasure of working on them.
Worse yet, some mechanics(?) think nothing of stripping out those precious aluminum threads by carelessly over-torquing the bolts. Then you pay the exorbitant fee for each heli-coil needed to fix the problem which they alone created...lol.
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Then again,once youve pulled the carbs,its nothing to pop the bowls off and change the gaskets youself! Save even more money!!
p.s its a lot easier to strip the threads if you fit allen head screws rather than the original JIS headed ones.
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davido wrote: ........................
p.s its a lot easier to strip the threads if you fit allen head screws rather than the original JIS headed ones.
+1 !!! Ed
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Nessism wrote: I'm of the opinion that 40 year old bikes are best owned by either rich guys that can afford to pay a mechanic a lot of money to work on their bike or guys that wrench for themselves.
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If I had to spend more money than time on my bike, then I would only possess a few memories.
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Color me as cynical as Daveo. I've met as many poor mechanics as good ones. 50/50 odds of getting good work isn't good enough for me.
Perry, the hardest part about working on carbs in wrestling the darned things out of the airbox boots. The rest is just a clean and organized work space. Putting a hair dryer on warm in the airbox intake makes it suck a little less as it softens up the boots considerably.
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