Float valves

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Float valves

3 years 7 months ago

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I recentely had a problem with my carbs flooding , and eventually traced it to the fuel needle valves which were from a cheap rebuild kit, I cured the problem by refitting the original ones. The issue I have is my friend has the same problem and removing the valves they appear to be the cheap patern ones. I contacted Steve at Motocarb to see about new genuine ones , and he said they are not listed , does anyone know where to get a new genuine set of needle fuel valves for the BSW32 mikuni carbs?

Z1300 A4,Z900 RS,Suzuki GT750A, Buell S1 Lightning, Royal Enfield Diesel. And Z900A4 on the rebuild.

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Re: Float valves

3 years 7 months ago

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This is interesting !
I've rebuilt carbs that were sent to me with carb-kits. The "popular" brand as well as generics. I'm currently using generic kits in mine. No issues with any.
My question is: What do you believe is the actual problem with kit-valves you had.?
I once "mic'd" the generics and a set of OEM floats-valves and the over-all length matched within fractions of a millimeter. The generics fit the valve-bore perfectly. An adjustment for the fuel level was required, only because the carbs came to me with those levels incorrect.
Just curious if there's any further details !

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Re: Float valves

3 years 7 months ago

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This is interesting !
I've rebuilt carbs that were sent to me with carb-kits. The "popular" brand as well as generics. I'm currently using generic kits in mine. No issues with any.
My question is: What do you believe is the actual problem with kit-valves you had.?
I once "mic'd" the generics and a set of OEM floats-valves and the over-all length matched within fractions of a millimeter. The generics fit the valve-bore perfectly. An adjustment for the fuel level was required, only because the carbs came to me with those levels incorrect.
Just curious if there's any further details !

I'm thinking "Here we go again with float needle retainer clips" Some of us remember that the aftermarket clips are a problem.

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Re: Float valves

3 years 7 months ago

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Kawboy wrote : I'm thinking "Here we go again with float needle retainer clips" Some of us remember that the aftermarket clips are a problem.

BINGO ! I missed that one which is odd because I pointed this out recently.

Good call !

1980 KZ 1300 sr# KZT30A-009997
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Re: Float valves

3 years 7 months ago

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This is interesting !
I've rebuilt carbs that were sent to me with carb-kits. The "popular" brand as well as generics. I'm currently using generic kits in mine. No issues with any.

Scotch: Where do you get your 'generic' kits? I need to rebuild the carbs in my 1100 Honda and I'm thinking about trying a generic kit as the 'Brand name' kits are pretty expensive.

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Re: Float valves

3 years 7 months ago

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I've used these with no issues.....other then the float-needle retaining springs.

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1980 KZ 1300 sr# KZT30A-009997
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