frosty5011
Forum Mentor
I was in the process of rebuilding a set of carbs, during which a few of the small o-rings on the air/pilot screws tore. Maybe I haven't been looking in the right places, but I was unable to find a source for these o-rings, only exception being that you could get them if you bought an entire carb rebuild kit.
So, being the good purchasing agent that I am, I found a place that makes these o-rings, called them up and asked about what their minumum order was, explaining that I only needed 2 pcs of two different sizes for my motorcycle. Normally, their min. order is $20 / line item (i.e. various size), however they generously offered to just send me the parts as samples.
If there are enough people here on the forum looking for these o-rings, I wouldn't mind going ahead and placing some orders with them. I just don't want to abuse their generosity, and have dozens of people suddenly calling them for free sampes. If there's any interest, please let me know. I personally don't mind paying .50 -$1.00 each for these, being that they were kind of hard to find. And if there's 5 or more people here, each looking for a set of 4 pcs.....I wouldn't mind placing the order(s) with them.
They're sending me 3 different sizes, so that I can see which ones fit the best. (Carb that I'm rebuilding is 26 VM carb) I'm pretty sure one of them will fit, but since the original ones on my carbs were deformed/ruined, I don't know what size they originally started out as.
The sizes they are providing me are:
ID Thickness
2.9 mm 1.7mm
3.68 mm 1.7mm
4.47 mm 1.7mm
They also come in 1.8, 2.6, 5.2, 6.0, and 7.6 mm ID's with the same 1.7mm thickness. The material is Nitrile/Buna-N.
Again, if there's any interest, let me know. I'm not doing this to make any money....just to help out. They were nice enough to help me out, and maybe there's enough interest on this site to return the favor.
So, being the good purchasing agent that I am, I found a place that makes these o-rings, called them up and asked about what their minumum order was, explaining that I only needed 2 pcs of two different sizes for my motorcycle. Normally, their min. order is $20 / line item (i.e. various size), however they generously offered to just send me the parts as samples.
If there are enough people here on the forum looking for these o-rings, I wouldn't mind going ahead and placing some orders with them. I just don't want to abuse their generosity, and have dozens of people suddenly calling them for free sampes. If there's any interest, please let me know. I personally don't mind paying .50 -$1.00 each for these, being that they were kind of hard to find. And if there's 5 or more people here, each looking for a set of 4 pcs.....I wouldn't mind placing the order(s) with them.
They're sending me 3 different sizes, so that I can see which ones fit the best. (Carb that I'm rebuilding is 26 VM carb) I'm pretty sure one of them will fit, but since the original ones on my carbs were deformed/ruined, I don't know what size they originally started out as.
The sizes they are providing me are:
ID Thickness
2.9 mm 1.7mm
3.68 mm 1.7mm
4.47 mm 1.7mm
They also come in 1.8, 2.6, 5.2, 6.0, and 7.6 mm ID's with the same 1.7mm thickness. The material is Nitrile/Buna-N.
Again, if there's any interest, let me know. I'm not doing this to make any money....just to help out. They were nice enough to help me out, and maybe there's enough interest on this site to return the favor.
(I dont need them right now, but I know there will be a point when I will)