Topic: CR Carb Float needle broken how to fix

[RickP]

Hello All,
Been long time that i've been on this forum, but i need help

 i got a CR 31 Carb for my CB900F 1982, only one issue is one of the support for the needle to hold the float is broken, any idea on what product to glue/sod this piece in order to keep the float in place..
see photo attached

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Send it to member Jim French, Atlanta area, for micro-welding

[scottly]

Send it to member Jim French, Atlanta area, for micro-welding

That would be member Jim F: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?action=profile;u=4044
Since you only have 1 post, you can't send him a PM; you need 5 posts. BTW, what part of "NOT for Questions" is it that people don't understand?

[Don R]

 I have tapped a cut-down, notched and drilled brass bullet casing over the remaining post. I also used some gas tank repair epoxy to glue it into place.

[HondaMan]

I have tapped a cut-down, notched and drilled brass bullet casing over the remaining post. I also used some gas tank repair epoxy to glue it into place.

Was that a .22 case?

[Don R]

I have tapped a cut-down, notched and drilled brass bullet casing over the remaining post. I also used some gas tank repair epoxy to glue it into place.

Was that a .22 case?

It was some empty centerfire wildcat bullet case that my brother had in his snap-on box that we share here. He doesn't really know what it was, and I threw away the case end after I cut it. It did have a small neck down on it though.
How bullets end up in a mechanics toolbox I'm not sure, at least that one was expended.

[Don R]

 I haven't used this one yet but I used a piece of 1/4" soft copper tubing to repair a rotted float post.

[CycleRanger]

Here's a couple of other possibilities.
https://www.randakks.com/float-pivot-post-repair-kit.html
https://www.randakks.com/deluxe-float-post-repair-kit.html