It appears that my carb floats have soaked up quite a bit of ethanol. Does anyone know where I can find brass floats for this bike? Or have a possible repair for floats that have soaked up ethanol and are causing a leak? 
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Do floats looked deformed? Or feel heavy? Can you tell if gas is inside the floats?
I have not heard of this before, but then again, I am not that much of a gear head.
Have heard of E fuel causing problems with fuel system rubber parts.
Can anyone say if it causes problems with our carb floats...?
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I don't think that's actually a thing.soaked up quite a bit of ethanolComment
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Can't even begin to count how many sets of carbs I have worked on over the years and have never seen floats that appeared to have "soaked up some ethanol".
And please explain how that would "cause a leak". Where is the leak? What is leaking?
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Carb rebuild tutorial linked in my signature. Check the Newbie Mistakes thread too. Sounds like a bike in need of maintenance.Ed
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