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steveq
Carby woes lesson learnt
hey guys, forgive me for starting a new thread on this, but if it saves someone the hassles i went through its worth it.as mentioned in previous threads, i had overflow problems on carbys on the gs 550. i managed to correct all but one carby and desite many hours and frustrations, i couldnt stop number 3 from a medium drip,drip. in sheer desperation i swapped the float bowl from number 4 (which i knew was fine) to number 3 and vice versa-low and behold, number 3 was cured, but now number 4 was dripping! so i removed the suspect foat bowl and filled it with fuel- guess what? there was a split in the brass overflow tube, so no amount of adjustments could have fixed it. a quick coat of araldite,an hour later,tested and all is fine! so, it pays to inspect all avenues when dealing with old carbys.thanks for your indulgence. regards,steveTags: None
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BassCliff
Hi,
Excellent sleuthing! And thanks for sharing your solution. Yes, leaky floats can sometimes be quite a pain.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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