• 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.

Pilot jet plug question.

  • Thread starter Thread starter nisom512
  • Start date Start date
N

nisom512

Guest
yeah so I think it would be ok and work if I just put some black silicon on my kinda dry but not tightly sealing pilot jet whole plugs to make them stay in, I wouldnt put on much so it would be able to pull them out but just enought to plug them. do you agree?
 
No, I wouldn't agree. I would not put silicon anywhere. You never know when a dryed up little piece is going to break loose and clog up something important.
I'd just get some new ones. If you look where the float bowl lines up to the rubber caps, it holds them in place.:)
 
Larry D said:
No, I wouldn't agree. I would not put silicon anywhere. You never know when a dryed up little piece is going to break loose and clog up something important.
I'd just get some new ones. If you look where the float bowl lines up to the rubber caps, it holds them in place.:)
Click to expand...

Ya think they would have them on hand at the Zuki dealer?
 
100% agree with Larry...silicon and fuel do not make for a good combo! :eek:

The Stealer or online sites have them. Do it right or resoak your carbs because the silicon will disolve / dislodge...
 
The float bowl pushes down on these when you tighten them down so even if they are a little hard they won't leak.
 
nisom512 said:
MAn you sure love that Z1
Click to expand...
Not necessarily. :o
If Bike Bandit or Alpha or anyone else had a better price, I would have put their name in the post.

I have about a dozen suppliers on my hit list. I shop around. When I see a good price, that's where I go for the product. As it happens, I just received a shippment of main jets and rubber plugs for a couple sets of carbs I am working on, so the information and pricing is still fresh in my little pointy head. :D

.
 
Steve said:
A set off four plugs is only about $9 at Z1.
Click to expand...

$9 for four little rubber plugs is highway robbery.:mad: Would love to find a reasonable work around for those stupid plugs.
 
Nessism said:
$9 for four little rubber plugs is highway robbery.:mad:
Click to expand...
Probably so, but if that is what is making a bike run incorrectly, it's rather cheap to get it running right.
The problem is finding anybody that is still willing to work on a bike of our vintage that can correctly diagnose it and is willing to fix it. :o

You think $9 is robbery? Look at the rest of the list:
Source.................Each......xx4
Alpha ........................3.46 .......13.84
Babbitts ....................2.97 .......11.88
Bike Bandit ................2.57 .......10.28
Carolina Cycle ............2.31 ........9.24
CRC 2 .......................2.50 .......10.00
Flatout .......................2.07 ........8.28
Full Throttle ...............2.26 .........9.04
Motogrid ....................2.16 .........8.64
MR Cycles ................ 3.08 .......12.32
Ron Ayers .................2.39 .........9.56
Z1 .............................................9.10


.
 
Last edited:
Steve said:
Probably so, but if that is what is making a bike run incorrectly, it's rather cheap to get it running right.
The problem is finding anybody that is still willing to work on a bike of our vintage that can correctly diagnose it and is willing to fix it. :o

You think $9 is robbery? Look at the rest of the list:
Source.................Each......xx4
Alpha ........................3.46 .......13.84
Babbitts ....................2.97 .......11.88
Bike Bandit ................2.57 .......10.28
Carolina Cycle ............2.31 ........9.24
CRC 2 .......................2.50 .......10.00
Flatout .......................2.07 ........8.28
Full Throttle ...............2.26 .........9.04
Motogrid ....................2.16 .........8.64
MR Cycles ................ 3.08 .......12.32
Ron Ayers .................2.39 .........9.56
Z1 .............................................9.10


.
Click to expand...



My mind always boggles at the prices Alpha-Sports charges. I feel almost guilty when I use their fiche to research superceded part numbers, but I just can't bring myself to pay almost 2/3 more.

Cycle Recycle II ( http://crc2onlinecatalog.com ) also keeps these little plugs in stock. Since they're located 20 minutes from my office, that's what I'd do, but not everyone lives near Indianapolis...
 
Steve said:
You think $9 is robbery? Look at the rest of the list:
Source.................Each......xx4
Alpha ........................3.46 .......13.84
Babbitts ....................2.97 .......11.88
Bike Bandit ................2.57 .......10.28
Carolina Cycle ............2.31 ........9.24
CRC 2 .......................2.50 .......10.00
Flatout .......................2.07 ........8.28
Full Throttle ...............2.26 .........9.04
Motogrid ....................2.16 .........8.64
MR Cycles ................ 3.08 .......12.32
Ron Ayers .................2.39 .........9.56
Z1 .............................................9.10


.
Click to expand...


Those little plugs should be $1 each. We're getting raped.:mad:

They are $6 for 4 at partsnmore.com... https://www.partsnmore.com/cat_index.php?model=gs&category=carb $35 minimum order though
 
Nessism said:
They are $6 for 4 at partsnmore.com... $35 minimum order though
Click to expand...
Yeah, that's why I did not include them in my list.

I got three sets of plugs and four main jets, including shipping, for $38.10, which is just above partsnmore's minimum. :-k

.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top