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

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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?
 
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)?
 
robertbarr said:
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)?
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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 :)
 
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.
 
I just discovered some maroon never released my chain tensioner either. POs, sheesh!
 
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
 
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.
 
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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