Carburetor float pin retention

[philosopheriam]

Folks,

On a couple of my VM carbs, the float pin will slide in/out of the carburetor posts quite easily.

Is the end of the pin supposed to be slightly flattened or should one of the posts be staked to prevent the pin from sliding around.

Yes, I understand that there are fins in the float bowl that prevent the pin from walking out completely. However, all of the Mikuni carbs I have worked on prior to this I had to punch the pins out.

Thanks!

[chuck hahn]

When you put the bowl on youll see it fits in the recess and is trapped...wont come out. First time they are out , yes they do fit real snuggly...and CV carbs are particularly tight. But the engineers knew they could still work out and designed the bowls to prevents this regardless.

[philosopheriam]

Yes, I noticed that the pin is trapped - just wondered if one end of the pin was slightly mushroomed...

[chuck hahn]

May be from the gate..but I edited my first response.....even on the CVs I grind the rod end so it goes back in easy. Not the flat top end.