Need 80 GS1100 E CV alum carb plug bad

[chuckycheese]

Necessary???

George from WG Carbs said to push some tape in the hole & fill it with JB Weld, all it does is block vacuum off and is covered up by the float bowl & gasket. I was going to do this until Chris helped me out. You could buy another set of carbs cheaper then you could get someone to take the time to program a CNC machine to make them. Plus most places with them are running wide open all the time, at least around
here

I wondered about that. I went out and took a good look at my spare set and it doesn't look to me like carbs would work any differently if they weren't even there. After all, the gasket completely covers it and the float bowls hold the gasket tightly in place.

[chef1366]

I rebuilt a set of carbs for a guy from NY and a mechanic had drilled this plug confusing it with the idle mixture screw cap. What a hack. JB Weld did fix this problem.

[woodman]

George @ WG Carbs said all it does is create a giant vacuum leak. The way it seals against the bowl it seems like that it would be covered up but hes the man on Kawasaki & Suzuki carbs. Ive always gotten real good advise from him and he does beautiful work

[blowerbike]

I rebuilt a set of carbs for a guy from NY and a mechanic had drilled this plug confusing it with the idle mixture screw cap. What a hack. JB Weld did fix this problem.

thats not where the air/fuel mixure screw is??
OOOPS








KIDDING!!!!!!!!
thats a first for me hearing that story...WOW

[chef1366]

thats not where the air/fuel mixure screw is??
OOOPS








KIDDING!!!!!!!!
thats a first for me hearing that story...WOW

The guy tried to put a Dynojet kit in an 83 1100. Drilled the wrong side of the carb and ruined the slides by drilling them straight through instead of at an angle.
I got the bike running good with a little help from the JB. Even filled the slides and redrilled them.
Double hack!

[woodman]

JB Weld is good stuff but it dont hold up long with gas