carburator help!! please!!!

santiablo · Full Member Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 98

i have taken the carbs of my 74 xs and cleaned them out as bet i can with carb cleaner i cant figure out which rebuild kit is the one for my bike so for now i was just going to put it all back togueather how i found it (but cleaner) and try it out that way my problem it i broke one of the float bole gaskets so i was guna see if i could just shoot some silicone in that spot n see if that will hold it Very Happy

so tell me how dumb am i? will this work? what kind of silicone do i use? while im at it my daly rider is fuel ingected and i have never had a bike with the valves on the petcocks do i have to close them every time i stop or kill the bike? or can i leave them open all the time?

tacoswild · Posted: April 21, 2008, 8:41 pm Post subject: Re: carburator help!! please!!!

you should close them every time. The gasket is available from a local yamaha dealer or mikesxs.com where it's Part #20-7029

edit: I don't mean you should close them while you use the bank machine for a minute or something, just close them when the bike is going to be parked for a while.

santiablo · Full Member Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 98

thanks tacos! yah i found the gasket on mikes but i was guna wait till i was ready to get some more parts all at once to see if i could get out of payin shipping n now its guna be a bit any way since im curently out of a job!!

tacoswild · Posted: April 21, 2008, 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: carburator help!! please!!!

I hate to pay shipping on one or two little things too. You can get to yamaha's parts catalog from their site www.yamaha-motor.com/s.../home.aspx

lookup the part number for your gasket on there and the local yamaha shop should be able to get it in about a week. no shipping charges.

(I forgot, the last time I looked at this catalog they'd messed it all up. It used to work, but it's probably best to just talk to the guys at the store)

5twins · Full Member Joined: Aug 05, 2006 Posts: 1616

If you can afford fucking silicone, you can afford a float bowl gasket - 'nuff said.

santiablo · Full Member Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 98

5twins~ If you can afford fucking silicone, you can afford a float bowl gasket - 'nuff said.

sheash i was just asken i was looken for ideas i never said i was guna run out n buy eather yet! im 2.4 mi to walmart but the nearest yamaha dealer is 25-30 mi away give or take. besides i already have silicone layen around

Shannon60 · Posted: April 22, 2008, 5:34 am Post subject: Re: carburator help!! please!!!

also silicone will not work it doesn't stand up to the fuel

royfisk · Posted: April 22, 2008, 10:35 am Post subject: Re: carburator help!! please!!!

shannon60 obviously you have not met 3bond 1104 yet. 2cycle crankcase sealer. works in carbs to in a pinch. I use it excluseofly.

jimdi · 650Rider Supporter Joined: Oct 27, 2005 Posts: 512

3 bond 1104 is now officially discontinued due to environmental concerns - I think I read that it makes your nuts fall off.

It has been replaced by a new product from 3 bond -- forget the number - but if you really like 1104 - stock up on it while you can!

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