Main jet seal

[Guest]

Still learning ...

Whilst carbs off and being cleaned, took the float chambers off and unscrewed main jets to check and clean.

What looked like the very sticky remains of a tiny O-ring (13332-44080) was present under each jet at start of thread.

Looked on parts website and it suggests O-ring has been superceded by a plain washer ?
"SUPERSEDED BY 13382-03110 WASHER"

Can anyone tell me if it is a thin copper washer or a fibre washer (because I already have a box full of those!)

Thanks.

[Nessism]

What model and year bike are we referring to? I've never seen an O-ring used under a main jet.

[GSX1000E]

Still learning ...

Whilst carbs off and being cleaned, took the float chambers off and unscrewed main jets to check and clean.

What looked like the very sticky remains of a tiny O-ring (13332-44080) was present under each jet at start of thread.

Looked on parts website and it suggests O-ring has been superceded by a plain washer ?
"SUPERSEDED BY 13382-03110 WASHER"

Can anyone tell me if it is a thin copper washer or a fibre washer (because I already have a box full of those!)

Thanks.

The PO must have used O-rings instead of the factory copper washer. Steel washers work just as well BTW and cost less.

[GS650GTGS850G]

The bike's a 1983 UK spec GS850GZ.
Could indeed be a previous owner's fit. But they are definitely semi dissolved black O-rings just like the gooey one I found on the diaphragm sealing spigot within the fuel tap on the same bike.

Nessism. Just to clarify ... the factory drawings :-

http://www.partzilla.com/parts/search/Suzuki/Motorcycle/1982/GS850G/CARBURETOR/parts.html

show a 'washer' [number 41 under the main jet 42] of some type (that's where I got the 1332-44080 Suzuki part number from) but good to know a copper washer will do the job.

I'll sort some out and anneal them for good measure.

[Steve]

The bike's a 1983 UK spec GS850GZ.

If there is a "Z" on the VIN plate, it's actually an '82 model.

It might have been first sold in '83 and titled that way, but it's actually an '82.

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