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Float Bowl Screw

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Anyone have any experience with a stripped bowl screw?

I took the carbs of my 82 850L to find one of the drain screws barely hanging in the hole. :rolleyes: It's the bowl that is stripped, not the screw.

Thoughts?
 
It's very common, caused by unscrewing the screw with a big blob of rust stuck to it.
 
Usually a new screw will bite a little bit into the old threads. It doesn't need to be very tight.
You could probably tap it for a bigger screw, too.

Replacement float bowls are easy to find.
 
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tkent02 said:
Usually a new screw will bite a little bit into the old threads. It doesn't need to be very tight.
You could probably tap it for a bigger screw, too.

Replacement float bowls are easy to find.
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I found some float bowls on eBay. Think I'll try to find a bigger screw first. If I can find one size up with the same head I'm golden.
 
One of the float bowls on my GS850 has been wearing a 7mm bolt for at least 10 years.

It's a nonstandard size, but there was a 7mm tap in my metric tap set, and the hardware store had plenty of 7mm bolts, so... :rolleyes:

I believe I had to shorten the bolt with a Dremel tool, but other than that, it went fine.
 
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