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Offline Hush

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carb collars, silicone how permanent?
« on: May 10, 2009, 12:31:19 am »
I have been told by my mechanic that my bike has a leak at #3 carb collar and as these are like not easy to procure here in Godzone, how permanent can I expect a good coating of silicone spray to be?
I mean it's only gotta keep air getting in and mixture getting out right!
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Re: carb collars, silicone how permanent?
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2009, 02:37:03 am »
Not really, Dave Silver will ship to you no problem
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Re: carb collars, silicone how permanent?
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2009, 05:39:43 am »
Quote from: Hush on May 10, 2009, 12:31:19 am
I have been told by my mechanic that my bike has a leak at #3 carb collar and as these are like not easy to procure here in Godzone, how permanent can I expect a good coating of silicone spray to be?
I mean it's only gotta keep air getting in and mixture getting out right!
I can get them and ship them to you. Don't try to make old stuff new.
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Re: carb collars, silicone how permanent?
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2009, 09:54:21 am »
Urgg removing carbs, makes me shudder just to think of it but thanks for the offer as I will be taking the motor out for painting this winter and might as well do them then.
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Re: carb collars, silicone how permanent?
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2009, 01:48:41 pm »
don't see anything wrong with a temporary fix, but do yourself a favour and get new rubber from DSS, they cost me $160 landed with a couple of other little things
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Re: carb collars, silicone how permanent?
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2009, 01:54:16 pm »
DSS for $160??

Mabey I got lucky, I bought a set last year for a little over $100.
I went through a local Honda dealership.



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Re: carb collars, silicone how permanent?
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2009, 02:02:13 pm »
thats $160 New Zealand dollars, equivalent to some beads and carbines on the international stage  :(
local dealer wanted $76 each
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Re: carb collars, silicone how permanent?
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2009, 04:30:57 pm »
A good temporary (possibly even permanent) fix is to use Liquid Electric Tape.  We had a thread going on about this subject a year ago, and this stuff stands up to complete immersion in gas indefinitely.  I still have some that's been sitting in a jar of gas for a year and it hasn't softened at all. 
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2009, 07:26:50 pm »
Yep I knew they were costly here in NZ, Soos I'll get back to you when I find my account. ;D
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