Thumper Club Forum
Technical => Bike Problems/Questions => Topic started by: spooky on March 01, 2020, 05:44:17 PM
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You probably all knew this....I took float bowl off a mikuni carb and the rubber seal was well stretched and wouldn't go back in position. So I dunked it in boiling water for a minute, dried it off and it fit perfectly !!!!!
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theres an additional way to do this. boiling it makes it soft whilst its hot, but it doesnt restore its pliability. but there have been a lot of people posting in various forums that they have had success restoring the pliability of hard rubber components like carb rubbers by boiling them in hot water with wintergreen oil, (the stinky stuff that sportsmen rub on their legs to keep them warm in the winter) pop the pan on to boil, when its bubbling away, add a layer of oil on top of the water pop in the part to be restored, then put the lid on the pan and boil it for 20 minutes. the oil softens the rubber and it remains pliable even when its cooled down.
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I will try that with the carb rubber air hose, it really doesn't want to go back on...thanks
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.... but don't cook your beans in the pan afterwards......
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Oh no... oily beans, that clearly only mean one thing an oily ring 😉😉😁
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The carb rubbers on my Kawasaki GPZ were like concrete.I soaked them in a mixture of wintergreen oil and rubbing alcohol for a week,and they were TOO soft.I left them to dry for a few days and they were perfect. Definitely recommended.
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You clearly didn’t have oily beans then 😁😉