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1978 Kawasaki KZ750n Carb boot Cut Off. 26 Jan 2023 06:05 #879312

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Those boots look beat.  You might want to replace them...assuming new ones are available.  

Old boots often lead to vacuum leaks, which causes a raising idle when warm.  I replaced the boots on my bike straight away, during the restoration.  




 

Thats a stock photo meant to show the lip. Those are not the ones i have.

——> Yes, lip. There’s no replaceable o-ring in that holder.



 
These are the ones that are going on the bike. These are mine.
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1978 Kawasaki KZ750n Carb boot Cut Off. 26 Jan 2023 07:07 #879313

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Those don’t look bad Dan. The sides are not cracked?
Anyway, I recently installed my o-ring types with a smear of non hardening Hylomar gasket sealer. I believe it helps.
"Swim against the current, even a dead fish can go with the flow"-somebody (I forget Who)

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1978 Kawasaki KZ750n Carb boot Cut Off. 26 Jan 2023 07:11 #879314

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Those don’t look bad Dan. The sides are not cracked?
Anyway, I recently installed my o-ring types with a smear of non hardening Hylomar gasket sealer. I believe it helps.
 

Thanks for responding! The sides are fully intact. I plan to smear just a little bit of Hondabond HT on the manifold-facing part of the boot. Funny you should suggest the very same thing.

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1978 Kawasaki KZ750n Carb boot Cut Off. 26 Jan 2023 07:19 #879315

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Those don’t look bad Dan. The sides are not cracked?
Anyway, I recently installed my o-ring types with a smear of non hardening Hylomar gasket sealer. I believe it helps.

 

Thanks for responding! The sides are fully intact. I plan to smear just a little bit of Hondabond HT on the manifold-facing part of the boot. Funny you should suggest the very same thing.

——> The Hondabond certainly wouldn’t hurt.
On a single cylinder 250cc Honda Helix scooter I had, the carb holder was dried and cracked. I took it in the house and scoured it with liquid dish soap to get all the grease off it.
Then I smeared the entire outside of it with high temp silicone sealer. Let dry. Then reinstalled.
My nephew now has that scooter and the cracked/repaired carb holder is still working ten years later!
 
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1978 Kawasaki KZ750n Carb boot Cut Off. 26 Jan 2023 07:21 #879316

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thats quite a story!!!

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1978 Kawasaki KZ750n Carb boot Cut Off. 26 Jan 2023 08:24 #879319

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thats quite a story!!!

——> Yes, my stories are most fascinating ;-)
 
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