Fuel Tees

[Toolmaker Tim]

Found out whats been leaking in my carbs. Scurvy little fuel tee between carbs 3 & 4 is the cause. One option is Mikes XS part# 48-0884, but they are kind of proud of them. Have any members found a fix or a inexpensive replacement? The other option is JB Weld, but that's a little too drastic.

[DGXSER]

If you do a search you should be able to find a few options for fixing them. I know I have seen a thread over the past couple years on several ways to fix them.

[Montreux_Blue]

http://cgi.ebay.com/BARBED-TUBE-TEE-...item5acf3457c0

They sell similar brass tees at Home Depot.

[bikerphil]

It would be cool to modify one of those brass T's with an o ring slot to fit our carbs.

[Montreux_Blue]

These would work better.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Brass...ssoriesQ5fGear

[XSokieSPECIAL]

Look at this thread; http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread...&highlight=tee

Maybe this will work.

[Toolmaker Tim]

I found the problem.....

and it was me. When I reassembled the carb set I put the vent tee set from my spare carb set in the wrong place. That's why you are suppose to keep parts seperated. Oh well, but now I have a great idea for replacing the junky rubber overmolded tees. The ones from Mike's XS are pressed together, but I found a brass barb that is threaded on one end and made to hold a 1/4" ID hose on the other. I am going to try turning up a cross piece out of brass with O'ring grooves on the ends and tap a #10-32 hole in the middle for the barb. I'll let you know how it goes.

[tadtl1]

z1 enterprises

Hi,

This vendor shows fuel tee s for other mikuni carbs, wonder if they will be any help to you. Ive talked on the phone to them re other things and found them quite helpful, could give that a try.

http://www.z1enterprises.com/