how bad did I screw up?

[gk45241]

I broke the float post but it broke even with the pin seat. Float seems tight, but still a littlr worried. See pics if they actually work.



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Is this gonna stay together or cause a nightmare??

p.s. how do you upsize an image? sorry about the small pics

[MindWebs]

not good.....

it's been done before, by many others...

some say jb weld it, some say have it brazed back on.

on mine i took a sander and "ground" the cast leg down till it was big enough
for a metric bolt.

then drill and tap the casting run your bolt in measure for the hole you'll have to drill in the bolt for your float pin, find the right size bit for the pin hole, don't make it tight, but it can't be sloppy either.

then cut the head off the bolt and depending on what diameter bolt you went
with, you may have to "shave" the side of the bolt a bit for clearence on the float.

just for future reference to anyone, when the float bowls are on, the pin can't
move. so there in no point in pushing the pins in "tight".

hope this helps.

Webs

[psycoreefer]

I've also read of people drilling a small hole in the remaining part of the post and then using a small piece of wire to hold the float pin down on the remaining post. If you do a search I'm sure you'll find a million ways to fix it...

[newc4]

When I broke mine I "glued" it back on with JBWeld. Has been doing fine since.

Darrell

[MindWebs]

yep... but

JB weld does work!

BUT!!! if you use seafoam, or yellow "heat"(methenol) or other cleaners
or performance enhancers, it WILL eat the JB weld. and you'll be back to
problems again...

that is the only reason i caution you aginst it.
other then that it will work, and it's a good product.

it's your baby, do what you think best.

[egleaves]

I've also read of people drilling a small hole in the remaining part of the post and then using a small piece of wire to hold the float pin down on the remaining post. If you do a search I'm sure you'll find a million ways to fix it...

I have one broken post (courtesy of the PO) that was repaired with the tie wire method. It was like that when I bought the bike and it's held up great.

[randy]

I've had one broken post in the #4 carb for 5 yrs with no problems. Mine was also broke at the hole, the hole cleaved in half so I was left with a nice half-moon seat for the pin. If you install the pin with the head end on the good post, it will stay put

[red bandit]

If it's the right post (rear view when on the bike) that's broken, you can leave it alone no problem. If it's the left post, that is the one that stops the float from dropping down. It will cause the float to drop down to far and bind with the needle and cause a flood.

[jerrymac]

one of my post were broke i drilled a hole and used a file to knirl a roll pin and tapped the post back on the roll pin u cant pull it apart if you tried

[nubee]

Experiment

You might try to finish my experiment.

[foreda]

Wire method

I 've used the wire method and works just fine. Which carb did you break? I have a parts set that I used the #2 carb to replace the one I broke and still have the #2 carb I repaired. If you can't fix let me know, I might have the one you need. If you decide to replace the carb, you may as well order the butterfly seals and replace them.JAT

[soccer4m]

Use epoxy

I tried JB weld and it does not work for me. THe post became weak. The 5 minute JB weld does not hold up. Maybe the long cure JB weld does. Anyway, I used epoxy, two part, putty and it does fine. I also applied clear nail polish over the epoxy just to give it more gas resistance. I would suggest if you use JB weld, use it without putting the carbs back on the bike. Fill the bowls with gas overnight with a hose attached to the inlet. let set and check after a day or so. The JB weld I used become soft and gummy overnight........good luck, Mike

[TopCatGr58]

There's another product called quicksteel or quickaluminum, it's a 2 part putty that you knead together, then mold it around the broken base and broken post, it sets up in a few hours, and can then be filed, sanded, etc. There's little room around the base of the float post and where the float bowl comes down against it, but I was able to use this and it's held quite well for a few years now. I, too, had used JB Weld, but found it had gotten soft and lost it's hold, but I also use Seafoam as well.
T.C.

[Dragon Tamer]

I would use MindWebs method. I have seen it and it looks to be the best solution that I have ever seen. May be just a little bit more work than gluing it together but it is something that will not let you down on the road somewhere.