• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Loose pilot jet plugs

  • Thread starter Thread starter Flaggo60
  • Start date Start date
F

Flaggo60

Guest
I've got the bowls off to check float heights on my BS32 Mikunis ('81 GS650G) and the plastic pilot jet plugs are loose, a couple so loose they'll fall out when the carbs are righted. Are these vital or can I leave them out? Not sure what they're supposed to do except maybe discourage people from fiddling with the carbs. Or do I have to secure them in the opening somehow? :confused:
 
I think there should be a raised bump in the float bowl to retain these little suckers,they need to be there:o
 
By the way, they're not plastic, they're rubber. :eek:

That's right, soft, pliable rubber. If yours aren't, maybe it's time to replace them, but they are held in place by the float bowl.

.
 
Steve said:
By the way, they're not plastic, they're rubber. :eek:

That's right, soft, pliable rubber. If yours aren't, maybe it's time to replace them, but they are held in place by the float bowl.

.
Click to expand...

Mine are hard as plastic. Probably why they fall out maybe.
:-k
 
Hard

Hard

Yeah, they get about as hard as a rock after 20 or 30 years. They are readily available and I think they cost about $2.25 each.....(which is only about $2 more than they're worth).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top