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lljjmm
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« on: February 13, 2015, 09:00:08 AM »
Where is a good source to  purchase the new "carb float needles"?
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2015, 09:50:45 AM »
This seems like a good deal to me. It's for six needles:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KOD732/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2015, 10:13:19 PM »
Quote from: BonS on February 13, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
This seems like a good deal to me. It's for six needles:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KOD732/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


what he said...
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2015, 04:11:36 PM »
Be very wary of aftermarket float needle valves. This is a K&L that came from a Goldwing.
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2015, 05:09:12 PM »
Those carbs had a whole lot more going on than the float valves
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2015, 03:58:49 AM »
That may be true. Yet K&L float valves are coated. The OEM valves are not. I go OEM all the time, every time.
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2015, 09:37:55 AM »
I asked K&L about the image of the bad float needle and this is their response:

"I have never seen a needle look like that before and I have been doing the returns here for about 8 years.

Looks pretty bad like it has been sitting in bad gas for a long time or something similar….strange that there is no damage to the rubber and only the metal.

Most of our float needles come from a supplier in Japan and a lot of them are from the OEM supplier.

We also back up our parts with a year warranty.

We also sell thousands of float needles with very few returns."
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2015, 11:11:17 AM »
Glad you got a response. Still OEM for me when it comes to critical parts of my bike.
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« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2015, 12:11:33 PM »
Just looks dirty from the picture.  Clean it. If the rubber cone is good and the plunger isn't stuck. It should work.
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« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2015, 08:07:24 AM »
When I had 3 leaking thru I replaced all 6 with OEM. That was 9 years ago and no problems to date.
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