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whitey6913

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Cork Float Bowl Gasket
« on: September 22, 2005, 06:52:34 PM »
Just picked up a 1978 cb550k3. Learning pretty quickly these aren't common carbs on the bike :) Anyhow, went to find float bowl gaskets and came up empty. So, went to the auto parts store and picked up a sheet of 1/16" rubberized cork. Just wanted to see if anyone has gone this route and has input before I put all the effort into cutting some up.
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Offline bryanj

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Re: Cork Float Bowl Gasket
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2005, 05:34:01 AM »
Float bowl gasket is an o ring so cork wont work. Gasket kit same as cB750A www.davidsilverspares.co.uk did have stock
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Re: Cork Float Bowl Gasket
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2005, 06:32:17 AM »
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whitey6913

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Re: Cork Float Bowl Gasket
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2005, 05:58:40 PM »
Thanks for the links. I'm gonna order em up from Old Bike Barn. and yeah, the rubberized cork only had a 50% success rate on the carbs LOL
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