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Carb seals

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Mustang, Jun 18, 2016.

  1. Mustang

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    Are carb fuel rIl seals flat or round I replaced everything but thoes
     
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    XJ550H Well-Known Member Premium Member

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    chacal sells the correct fuel rail seals, eliminates the guess work.

    www.xj4ever.com email address on site or start a conversation with him here.
     
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    They are O-Rings. They flatten with age.
     
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  4. chacal

    chacal Moderator Moderator Supporting Vendor Premium Member

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    Nope, they are "V"-seals and they shrink with age.......
     
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  5. Mustang

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    So is an o ring ok to use, bought some at the hardware store
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Not really.
     
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  7. Mustang

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    And she's alive!
     
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    Did they change the seal type after a certain year? When I first worked on my 81, the carbs had O-Rings on the fuel joints. And I was the first person to get into the carbs on this bike.
     
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    on my xj600 ,its the throttle shafts that are V shaped , "fuel rails "as op asked were o ring.
    stu
     
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    chacal Moderator Moderator Supporting Vendor Premium Member

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    Ooops, my bad, that oldenheimer's is kickin' in again...........I thought we were discussing throttle shaft seals.......everyone one else but me is absolutely correct, o-rings are used on the fuel supply pipes and inlet t-fitting (on some carbs; most Mikuni models did not use o-rings on the fuel inlet t-fitting).
     
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  11. Mustang

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    Your fired lol
     
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