How bad am I screwed and an O ring question :)

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  • mortation
    #1

    How bad am I screwed and an O ring question :)

    I pulled my boots off again to redo them. I screwed two of the O rings and need to replace them by Monday so ordering them is out of the question. Can I hit up an auto parts store?

    And now for the screwed part :P I decided while I had the carbs off to check the cam chain auto tensioner bolts. I had taken it off but someone else had put it on when he put my cams backin for me cause I was moving. WELL the plunger was never realeased when it was reinstalled And I have been riding it for like 3 weeks with the auto tensioner disengaged! Think I damaged anything?
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    • robertbarr
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      • Sep 2005
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      • Joliet, Illinois
      #2
      The complication is the material. You need Viton or something else heat-resistant. A 'dash' size of -128 will fit your bike, but finding Viton on a Labor Day weekend could be a challenge. Where are you located (city)?
      and God said, "Let there be air compressors!"
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        • mortation
          #3
          Originally posted by robertbarr
          The complication is the material. You need Viton or something else heat-resistant. A 'dash' size of -128 will fit your bike, but finding Viton on a Labor Day weekend could be a challenge. Where are you located (city)?
          At the momen I am in Laconia NH, tomorrow or Monday I will be in Chester CT and I need the bike ready to roll Tuesday morning to get me to work

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            • SPARKSS
              #4
              Check out local hydraulic parts/repair depots, heavy equipment repair shops (which will have a good selection of o-rings). The former will probably have good o-rings which will work for you - tell them it's gasoline and they'll check a materials compatibility chart.

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                • t3rmin
                  #5
                  I just discovered some maroon never released my chain tensioner either. POs, sheesh!

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                    • robertbarr
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                      • Sep 2005
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                      #6
                      Originally posted by mortation
                      I will be in Chester CT and I need the bike ready to roll Tuesday morning to get me to work
                      Wow. Sorry, but you're about 800+ miles out of my special delivery radius...
                      and God said, "Let there be air compressors!"
                      __________________________________________________ ______________________
                      2009 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom, 2004 HondaPotamus sigpic Git'cha O-ring Kits Here!

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                        • Macmatic
                          #7
                          If you can find a Honda shop try early Goldwing intake boot o-rings, right material and right enough size. As I remember they're a little larger but should work fine.

                          -/\/\ac

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                            • robertbarr
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                              • Sep 2005
                              • 2721
                              • Joliet, Illinois
                              #8
                              You're looking for an I.D. of 37.7mm +/- and a cross section of 2.4mm +/-, if that helps. Finding anything open will be the challenge.
                              and God said, "Let there be air compressors!"
                              __________________________________________________ ______________________
                              2009 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom, 2004 HondaPotamus sigpic Git'cha O-ring Kits Here!

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                                • focus frenzy
                                  #9
                                  a trick I have done that works in a pinch short term is to get a tube of high temp silicone, and after cleaning out the groove in the boot good and carefully run a bead in the groove about a 1/16-1/8th of a inch above the surface and let it cure then assemble.

                                  this will hold more than long enough so you will have time to order in a set of premium high grade O-rings from Robert.

                                  the draw back is you have to clean out the silicone when you go to put in the O-rings.
                                  a thin film of oil on the flange should keep the silicone from sticking.

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