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odd missing carb part

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jmlcolorado

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okay, so i pulled my carbs apart to clean. Pulled everything out and dipped each carb. Now im putting them beck together.

On one carb, if you have the float bowl off, below the gasket, there is a spot where a rubber washer usually is. Under that washer is a round cap that looks to be part of the carb body itself. EXCEPT one of mine are missing!!!!

Without this cap thingy, there as a huge ( 1/2" ) hole between the float bowl area and the throat of the carb itself. What gives?

I have a spare set of carbs that i was able to remove one of these caps but when i went to install into my curent carb body, it seems rather loose. I plan to reinstall the rubber washer between it and the float bowl gasket but should i be concerned that this is loose?

Why is it even there?

Thanks guys.

Josh
 
Had the same problem and wound up JB Welding the plug back in place.
 
Smack it in with a hammer and a drift of some sort. The rubber washer holds it in once it's all together. I had one missing on one of the bikes I just picked up, that along with having the floats adjusted so the valves could never close was the reason I got it for almost nothing.
Think about it, a half inch hole from the floatbowl into the venturi?
So much gas making so much smoke, he thought it had a blown ring!
MWwaahahahahahahha...
 
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