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Replacement screws for carb bracket?

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Are these available, or is there something equivalent that can be used?

The brass screws holding the cable bracket onto the carburetor are completely stripped, and I am going to have to use an extractor on them. I might have to do this with the intake boot screws as well, but I know I can get the hex replacements for those.
 
http://www.cycleorings.com/intake.html

This gentleman's site has some things related to you bike.
Hit him up and ask.

Oh and do not use and extractor. If you simply uses a lerge enough dril you can pop the button off the screw haed. Once the tension is released the screws spin out easily.

You can use a dremel the cut a groove but that is finicky.
 
Agreed -- do NOT use an extractor. Those things are pure evil.

They're just normal 6mm screws -- you can get nice shiny stainless steel socket head (allen head) equivalents from any real hardware store.
 
I guess there have been some bad experiences with screw extractors...

I have never had to use them either, but these brass screws on the bracket in particular are really messed up. I read about a trick using a rubber band that I might try before resorting to dremmel.

Anyway, thanks for the advice. At least I know I can easily replace the screws in the event that I do get them out of there.
 
Trick with rubber bands? Interested hack mechanics want to know!
 
Supposedly you can lay one of those wide rubberbands flat over a stripped screw, and the rubber may provide enough extra grip to get the screw out.

I have not tried this yet, but I will give it a shot tonight when I get home to see if I can avoid grinding the screws with the dremmel.

Will let you know if this an urban legend or not.
 
For the record, I can say that the rubberband trick doesn't work. At least not for me.

Back to the drawing board...
 
I have begun to turn the Philips head screws into flat head screws, and they are coming out, but it is slow going with the hacksaw, so I will probably purchase a dremel this weekend.
 
If you give each screw a good whack with a solid drift from a couple of different directions. As large a nail punch as you can find is good, do not use a centre punch as it will not push the head of the screw sideways. Then undo the screw pushing hard on the phillips secrewdriver.

See how that goes.
 
Three things:

1) These screws are not brass. They are made from steel (very soft, low-grade steel...) with a yellowish zinc chromate coating. (Actually, these screws are rumored to be made from pressed cheddar cheese and sawdust... :rolleyes: )

2) If you try to use a regular phillips screwdriver, you WILL strip just about every screw you touch. The screws on Japanese bikes are made to the JIS standard, and the shape is subtly different. Get a set of JIS screwdrivers or bits (you'll probably have to order them -- your local hardware store probably never heard of such a thing) and your success rate will go up considerably. Here's one good source: http://www.mcmaster.com/#jis-(japanese-industrial-standard)-screwdrivers/=ddx1ev (get the set of three down at the bottom with a #1, #2, and #3).

3) Two words: Impact. Driver. (the kind you hit with a hammer). Get a good one from Sears -- the ones you see at auto stores or Harbor Freight are junk.
 
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