Video

Awesome! your compression issues might sort themselves out if it hasn't run in awhile but $100 is just too good to pass up 😎

@@DocJonesGarage yep , first time fixing a bike and your vids are a great help ! Thanks 🔧🙏

That's great! I'll see if I can dig that link up for you.

www.ebay.com/itm/166199866265 These are felt rings like what my carb has, double check the size your looking for If I remember this next link is the person that I found before motorcycleproject.com/text/felt_seals.html They say they sell them but I didn't see a link to a spot to buy them, might have to contact them. Hope that helps

Thanks a bunch!

I'm not too sure, but it is toxic so do your research, thanks for watching

Agree 100 percent!

It's holding up great, I would definitely build it this way again! I'm in the process of making a slight modification to the holding tank which I'll share the details of when it's finished and tested. Thanks for watching!

Yes I hope to have one soon!

Hello! I didn't replace the wiper rings but they are available online, they just looked "newer" because I cleaned the carb body before I realized they were in there. Thanks for watching!

Interesting thought, I've never heard of anyone trying it. If I do I'll share the results. Thanks for watching!

Interesting question, I've never heard of anyone trying it. If I do I'll share the results, thanks for watching!

@@DocJonesGarage And if you do share I will definitely watch and comment!

Honestly I couldn't say, would be worth testing out on something that's not too valuable though, and if you do let me know how it works. Thanks for watching! and good luck!

@@DocJonesGarage Well, I tried twice soaking the darn rubber duct in super hot water. It fits over a 2.5 inch round opening on the air box, and a 3 inch opening on the engine case. The heat got the rubber soft, but the opening size is still too small. First try was a total failure. Second heat try, and I barely managed to get the lower 3 inch opening onto the case, and then slashed my thumb real bad with a small pic tool trying to pry the top portion onto the air box. DOH!!!! I guess I will take it off and try some peppermint oil and whiskey on it (maybe for my thumb too). (I had this rubber duct off for 6 years due to life forcing me to put a hold on the restoration project......so, you dont want to remove rubber parts like this and just put in a box.)

I went with the natural wintergreen mainly because I was trying to see if it might not swell the rubber as much, and I could control the ratio a bit easier. As you saw it still does swell just takes longer and maybe not as much.

Did that alcohol worked for you kd350 ? I tried one that was 50% and it worked slightly, i may need tk get the stronger 70% alcohol one

I'd like to do a head to head experiment with the infused alcohol to see what the differences might be, thanks for watching!

Thanks! there's a couple of changes I'll make to it but it saved me wrestling with it on the work bench that's for sure

If they are rubber gaskets that your trying to preserve for whatever reason then I'd say it's worth trying for sure, I'd still inspect them carefully afterwards to make sure there isn't any cracks in the rubber. If they swell up a bit just let them sit for a couple of days and they will shrink down a bit.

That's great! thanks for watching

Thanks, yes the spring linkage is tricky. If I helped one person get it together it was all worth it!

Thank you!

Yes, I used the ultrasonic to help loosen up any old fuel that was left inside that would affect the operation of the carb and also help degrease it (simple green) the vapour blaster is mainly for cleaning the outside and get at all the impossible to get at areas so I could make it look new again. Works great on Aluminum parts. Thanks for watching!

I think using a little bit of heat with the wintergreen/Alcohol might be my next test, just not too much heat 🔥

Yes it is, I still need to paint all those parts so it will be coming apart again. Just wanted to avoid grease getting all over everything. Thanks for watching!

I can't see why not, they would smell like peppermint for awhile though. Some thoughts: You have to figure out how not to soak the whole shoe You would have to monitor them closely so as to not have them swell up If you haven't watched it I made a follow up to this video link above Thanks for watching!

@@DocJonesGarage thanks for the tips! i'll definitely give it a try

hey thanks lemme know if you find any better solutions or methods for this.

Thanks! I try to anyway 😁 still trying to get over the fact it's been 2 years already...

Thanks BJ! It works great, good solution for those hard/impossible to find parts

Thanks Chris, a comment on the first video sparked the idea I figured it was overdue, cheers!

Thanks for watching Jon! I've added a Amazon link to the description

@@DocJonesGarage Awesome, thanks!

Awesome that's exactly the vibe I was going for, 😉have to appreciate the dichotomy right? Thanks for watching!

@@DocJonesGarage My pleasure, I just got done reconditioning mine having watched your video, it's looking good. I painted mine for added extra sex appeal

Thanks Jon, yes the vapour blaster really does help with those tricky pieces, It's got alot more work to do!

@@DocJonesGarage Right on!

Thank you Chris, yes time to get stuck back in!

Thanks Zach, yes the cabinet is great for aluminum parts. Just need a 5+ HP compressor. Your new bike is looking awesome!

Yes I've been in front of the computer more than in the garage but time to get back to work!

Hopefully it goes good for you, these old Hondas want to run. Thanks for watching!

@@DocJonesGarage Nah, no such luck. Don't know if it's not getting spark, or the kick starter won't start the engine with a dead battery. Can't get the seat open to replace the battery without drilling out the lock for the seat since the only person who knew where the keys were has been dead for almost a decade.

So far I haven't noticed them starting to stiffen back up again.

I just had a look at another carb I have that's partially disassembled (a PD41b) and removed the seal on the throttle shaft, it's actually a small lip seal instead of the felt ones that were in the video. I don't know the history of this carb but the measurements (best I could tell) on the seal are 14mm outside dia 10mm inside dia and about 2.5 mm deep. maybe that helps? I'll see if I can find the choke o-ring measurements I'll include them here.

@@DocJonesGarage hey i just had them split apart last night and i see the lip seals. mine are totally collapsed, the lips are not touching the shafts at all. i fired some o-rings in there and the vacuum leak appears to be gone, but i have a odd idle still. will investigate further with my new sync guage set.

No, I'd say that's the main benefit of vapour blasting if you were worried at all you can always use fine glass bead instead of something courser, thanks for watching!

@@DocJonesGarage I will build my own vapor blaster now, thanks to your video. Instead of buying one of the commercial vapor blaster, I can now build my own and save a lot of money. Thank you.

I don't see why not, I'd try a sample piece first if possible or if you tried the whole sole I'd closely monitor it, even 24 hours makes a noticeable difference. The oil might complicate any gluing process so those areas might have to be cleaned really well. Thanks for watching!

@@DocJonesGarage Great thanks for the quick reply!

@@Greanestbean no problem, if you try it let me know how it works

Thanks for watching!

No, but that's a good idea. Thanks for your comment!

Good question! I have not had the opportunity to try silicone rubber yet, might be a good follow up video, thanks for watching!

Thanks! I'm sure it would, you can cover the cost of the wintergreen pretty quickly depending on how how many parts you need done.

Thank you! Yes definitely more to come!