My 15 month old helped me "fix" my carbs by loosing a tiny little part that i can't find to buy anywhere...
https://www.partsnmoreonline.com/PNMSite/Carb%20Rebuild%20Kit%20Suzuki%2048-1947%20GS500%20GSX1100.htm
It is the little wire on top of the needle in the picture above... does anyone have an extra one laying around or know where i can find this fifty cent part?
It hooks the needle to the float... can't exactly live without one! :dunno:
A couple of those rebuild kits should appear on my doorstep any day now. I didn't buy them because I need them right now; I just didn't want to get caught needing one when they were no longer available.
I could send you the needle from one of the kits. Will that do? Or do you just need the wire? If the wire just comes off, I could reuse the wire from one of my originals ... if it comes to that.
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I don't suppose you've been conducting a thorough "diaper check"? :o (EEeeeewww!!)
i would be more than happy with the wire from your (or anyone's) hand me down...
i just don't want to spend 10-30$ for this little part.
and no it wasn't it his diaper :lol: if you can picture it, he grabs it (the float with needle wire attached) and runs shaking it up and down (laughing with glee of course), sending it flying who know's where... i got down on my hands and knees for a litteral hour or more!
pianopraze is my yahoo email too... if you would email me i would be more than happy to send you money to cover part and postage :mrgreen: i have paypal acct for such things :cheers:
What I meant was that if the wire comes off of the needle fairly easily, I would rather send you a new wire than one that's currently inside my carbs. :) If I need to replace a needle in the future, I can transfer the original wire over to the new needle.
But I'm wondering - DOES the wire come off of the needle easily? That doesn't seem like a great design....
it comes off extreemely easy... the wire where it attaches to the needle is basically a C... so you just use needlenose pliers and pull at back of C and it pops off VERY easily...
OK - good to know!
i just rebuilt my carbs. do you want the float needles? The needles are not worth using, but if you just want the wires, they should be fine.
Wow, I remember posting these when I bought mine and then they were sold out quickly
Thanks for stepping up, goat. Now I can leave my carb rebuild kits intact! :thumb:
yes i just need the little wire that clips to that needle :-)
my emial is pianopraze@yahoo.com. just email me and i will reimburse whatever shipping handling plus what you think the part is worth :-)
BTW make sure the envelope is sealed tight, and open it carefully... you dont want the wire disappearing in the envelope ...
And That joker cernunos makes it so irritating to read, but the best part of owning the GS is this forum.
Cool.
Srinath.
OK, now I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to ship these. I was planning on taping them to part of an index card and putting the index card in an envelope. Now that I think about it a little harder, I'm pretty sure they would get smashed if I send them that way.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can send these wires without destroying them?
Aside from putting them in a box, i mean. I already thought of that one, just trying to avoid it.
One idea:
* Cut an envelope-sized rectangle from a corrugated-type cardboard box flap.
* Poke a hole through the middle of the cardboard that's big enough for the wire to pass through.
* Decide if the cardboard is thick / stiff enough to protect the wire. If not, choose a different material.
* Tape one side of the hole with a square of packing tape.
* Put the wire in the hole.
* Tape the top of the hole.
* Put the whole thing in an envelope, add an extra stamp (if you think you need to) and send it off![/list:u]Any inventors out there? Care to design and patent a purpose-built, carburetor-float-needle-valve-wire mailer? :lol:
yeah, once i pulled my head out of my ass I just put the wires into the box that my carb rebuild stuff came in, stuffed some newspaper into it and mailed it.
The cardboard is a good idea though. I'll have to remember that one if I ever do this again. Thanks