Need Aluminum plug inside carb '80 gs550

[Guest]

EDIT: I asked a mod to move this, since I got the parts I need, and it turned into more of a tech thread...

I am missing two of these plugs, as seen in this picture...



Does anyone have two in their misc parts that they could spare? I could also use one of the flat washers that hold them in place if you have it (I still have the other 3). Please let me know if you can help!

Thanks!
-Jeremiah

[crazy5]

Scratch that, I found one of them, so I only need one now.

[barnbiketom]

that is merely a plug they used AFTER drilling the idle ports... I never take them out.

[Nessism]

I am missing two of these plugs, as seen in this picture...

Does anyone have two in their misc parts that they could spare? I could also use one of the flat washers that hold them in place if you have it (I still have the other 3). Please let me know if you can help!

Thanks!
-Jeremiah

If you can't find the plugs, maybe someone has some old carb bodies where the float posts broke off? I cut one carb body in half to retrieve one of those plugs for another bike.

[crazy5]

That's what I was hoping for, but I ended up just buying an ebay carb body since the seller got back to me quickly. I'll end up with the fourth plug, as well as the idle screw that I had to drill out (it was seized badly and completely stripped). The replacement body was only slightly more expensive that buying the tap to repair the threads on the body that I had to drill, and by the time I bought the replacement needle and the missing plug (not for the idle screw), I probably would have spent more than just buying a new carb body.

[crazy5]

that is merely a plug they used AFTER drilling the idle ports... I never take them out.

Not the plug over the idle screw... this one is in the float bowl. I wouldn't have taken them out, but two of them fell out when I was cleaning the carbs and rolled off into the abyss in the garage. I found one of them, the other probably won't be found until I move, if ever.

[Rover]

I had the same situation,dipped my carbs and two plugs went missing.I did not know they existed until then.Fortunately found them in the bottom of the dip can.

[crazy5]

I cut one carb body in half to retrieve one of those plugs for another bike.

You had to cut the body? Two of mine fell out, and the others I could easily push out from the other side if I wanted to. I wonder if yours had a bunch of corrosion?

Also, if anybody is looking for those flat washers (they didn't come in my kit from Cycleorings.com), my Suzuki dealer had them in stock for $2.50 each.

[Nessism]

Those plugs are press fit into the carb bodies. I used epoxy when replacing that one that came out.

[Rover]

You had to cut the body? Two of mine fell out, and the others I could easily push out from the other side if I wanted to. I wonder if yours had a bunch of corrosion?

Also, if anybody is looking for those flat washers (they didn't come in my kit from Cycleorings.com), my Suzuki dealer had them in stock for $2.50 each.

Would you have that part number? looked on Boulivard Part Fiche but could not for the life of me spot them.

[Rover]

Just realized we have different carbs,mine is 80 GS1000 (34MM)

[crazy5]

Just realized we have different carbs,mine is 80 GS1000 (34MM)

Part number for the BS32 carb is 13258-44080.

If you want, I can take a caliper and measure the o-ring, to see if it would be the same dimensions as yours... Let me know.

[Rover]

That would be great,appreciate it.

[crazy5]

O-ring dimensions (From BS32 off 1980 GS550E):
Part Number=13258-44080
OD=10mm
ID=5mm
Thickness=2mm


Carb Plug dimensions:
OD=10mm
OD of necked-down section = 9.5mm
Height=6mm
Height of necked-down secton=2mm

[Steve]

... Also, if anybody is looking for those flat washers (they didn't come in my kit from Cycleorings.com), ...

That is because they are not part of "normal maintenance".

Those o-rings are actually a square-section ring, and are only there as spacers to keep that aluminum plug in place.
In normal use, there is no "wear and tear" on them, so they don't need to be replaced, unless you lose them.

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