Topic: Float valve replacement

[sharpinski]

Moving along on my rebuild, but I have a bad float valve. I recently posted about idle jets for a CB750K8 and was able to locate those (with the help of this forum). I was wondering if anyone knows if and where they are available. I checked the sirius consolidated sight and didn't see them. I'm contacting them as well. Any help would be great. Thanks

[flybox1]

yes, they are available.  Replace all of them, as a set.
Cb750 supply
Partsnmore
Performancewarehouse
Take your pick.

[750K]

Do you mean float needle, float needle seat or float itself?

[sharpinski]

Thanks again flybox. You've been a great help

[sharpinski]

To 750: it's none of those. It's the part that the seat goes into. I know it as the float valve, but maybe I'm wrong on that.

[750K]

The seat or what the float needle goes into is pressed into the body of the carb on the 77-78 pd's. So I'm not sure what it is you're referring to. Got a pic of the part?

[sharpinski]

It is exactly the pressed in part

[sharpinski]

Just for clarification. The float needle and seat are one part as I understand. The float valve is the brass part in which the float needle and seat goes into to stop the flow of gas. A 1978 CB750K has PD carbs. On those carbs the float valves are pressed in not screwed in. I'm looking for pressed fit or friction fit float valves if available. Flybox, Cb750 supply and Partsnmore carry screw in types, but i don't see press fit ones. Tomorrow I'll contact Performancewarehouse to see what I can dig up.

[flybox1]

Tell us why you think, or how you know the needle seat is needing replacement? If its the press fit type, I don't believe they are available. it came as part of the carb body. 
Its a brass part that won't see wear as the float valves are rubber tipped. They seldom fail if it uses the rubber tipped float valves.
If it's corroded, clean it, add a new rubber tipped valve, and call it good.

[raymond10078]

According to the Honda parts fiche, the float valve is what you are calling the needle.  You're talking about the part that most call the seat.

What makes you think that the seat is bad/needs replaced? 

[750K]

The pressed in seat is not available as far as I know, it's part of the carb body as flybox said. The tip of the needle is rubber so the seat shouldn't have any wear unless there's corrosion of some kind.