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Stuck Float bowl! Gs750L

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Hi! I just went out to have a look at why my float was overfilling & caused me a small fire a while back, & I can't get the bottom(bowl) off, after removing all 4 screws! It looks like somebody may have had problems w/it due to the way it looks after somebody had beat it w/something pretty extensively! Right where it flushes w/the top of the carb! I can see where they kept hitting w/something. It looks like it's still okay, but I can not get it from the top part of the carb! I've tried to tap it w/the end of a screwdriver & wiggle it, to no avail! I tried a razor blade, & very small knife too! It acts like there's another screw somewhere, because it will not even budge any period! The book says there are only 4 screws, so I guess I've removed them all. Unless somebody has J & B'd it! Then I'm in trouble! Can somebody let me know if I am doing something wrong? I am trying not to dis-mantle all those carbs, to possibly go through them. But putting it off for another reason. I haven't tried making my sync tool yet, & besides, before the fire, I ran so very well, including idling good! Besides the bad petcock I replaced. I still have to re-dip the tank too! I have the acetone & am waiting to send off for the POR-15, due to the last guy that owned this bike, must'a sealed it wrong. 'Cause it is peeling w/the old stuff! I bet that's probably what got stuck in the bowl to start with! So I am trying to see if he bottom of the bowl's dirty. But can not get it off! Any help will be appreciated. Thanks Ron.
 
There are only 4 screws, so either the gasket has really hardened or they had problems with leaking and glued it on. You might try soaking it in carb cleaner for a while and see if that helps loosen it. Once you've tried everything you can think of, you can either try to use it as is (and assume/hope there's nothing wrong inside), or start hitting it harder and harder with a bigger and bigger hammer until something gives....:shock:

Good luck...
 
Bowl!

Bowl!

HA! That will work, I guess! I finally got all my parts in today! So now I was thinking, couldn't I remove that flat brass looking bowl screw & squirt some carb cleaner into that whole & maybe get what dirty whatever that may be in there, out? Would that do any good? That is, if I can't get the bowl off? And it really is stuck too! I can pry it w/a big screwdriver & it moves all the carbs w/each push! So it's really stuck! So I was wondering if that would do any good at all? I'm not left w/many choices, am I?
 
5RON5 said:
So now I was thinking, couldn't I remove that flat brass looking bowl screw & squirt some carb cleaner into that whole & maybe get what dirty whatever that may be in there, out? Would that do any good?
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I don't think it would hurt anything and it would help get some of the crud out, but if that's the one that overflowed and started a fire, I'd have to agree with Chef1366 - get a spare set and replace it. If you keep you eye out you should be able to find a spare set for not too much.
 
Stuck float bowl!

Stuck float bowl!

Thanks for the idea! But do I have to get all 4 carbs? Do they ever sell one at a time? Or is that just wishful thinking? A lot cheaper, I bet too! It was raining today, so didn't get a chance to try it again! I've so much to do, that just seems way down the road from where I'm at! But thanks for the info! I sure be on the look out!
 
Wanted

Wanted

Try posting on the Parts Wanted section. I've found parts this way.
 
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