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carb hard parts help!!!

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imlost

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Hello everyone, I've got the carbs off my son's '79 gs550e and doing the dip, well, carb 2 has a bent/broken pilot screw-the one on the bottom at the float, it ran OK before, but i need to fix this,can anyone sell me just the pilot screw? also I'm wanting to do a 4-into-1 exhaust, anybody got one for sell to fit this bike?
thanks for your time.
Joel
 
try midwest action cycle, bike bandit, or cycle parts nation for the part new
 
pilot fuel screw not available/shown in parts list

pilot fuel screw not available/shown in parts list

cyclefvr2 said:
try midwest action cycle, bike bandit, or cycle parts nation for the part new
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the screw in question is not listed, so i may need a carb or if someone has one they are parting out, i only need the pilot fuel screw as seen in the vm rebuild resource-Paul Musser's write up.
 
imlost said:
but does this fit my carb? i had bought the same kit for the 79 550e and it did not come with that screw-and the kits came from them too!
thanks for the reply
joel
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The 550 kit does not come with the fuel screws for some reason, but the 750 kit does and the screws are the same.
 
plot thickens

plot thickens

thank you for your help, now i followed advice, got the carb kit for the 750 and put the pilot jet needle in, it stopped short,then i backed it out and saw that it was bent(crap), looked at the carb in the daylight and now see why it was bent,someone had put the first screw in to far, it broke off, the same or another person had put another screw in and broke it like i almost did, so this port is stopped up, and this carb is junk, will post request for carb it the want ads:(
joel
 
Do a search because there are threads where people have been able to successfully remove the broken tip.
 
Sandy said:
Do a search because there are threads where people have been able to successfully remove the broken tip.
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Search function is a beautiful thing! There used to be a nice thread with photos showing someone using a long awl/punch to drive the broken tip back out from the carb throat side.
 
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