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[Waiex191]

Nice repair.  On my '89 this is how I fixed my float pivots:






Here is my fork before:


Using my favorite solvent (WD40) I got them looking pretty good.


woodcreekpete sold me a set of carb bodies. My bowl passages were totally plugged and I could not get them cleared.  But I think my repair would have worked.  I am sure yours will also.

[Dub]

Bryan,
Thanks for sharing. Same concept really. I have seen guys mill them flat and then try and drill/pin them but that offers no shear strength and is difficult at best without the proper equipment. Not that there is much force applied but in my experience, flush surfaces of any kind are very difficult to bond. Resetting the pieces using the break allows the parts to "index" one another, mating nicely.

Still face palming over breaking it off in the first place. Haven't worked on carb floats in a while and should have known better. The other 3 just slipped right out and this one took a bit more force. Hindsight I guess.

I think I will go the same route on the forks. Yours look pretty good without much work.

I am slowly in the process of putting it all back together. I just got the chain guide and sprocket gasket from Randy the other day and put the swing arm and the rear subframe/suspension back on Monday night. The clutch slave is rebuilt. Just need to clean/blast the sprocket cover and repaint as fluid stripped the front half of it. Then onto the carb reinstall. I ordered stainless brake lines and am sticking with stock setups until it is road worthy, then will consider upgrades as $ allows. The tank will need a cleaning and flush also. Not a ton of work left to do really. Hoping to get her fired up in the next month or so and see where its at.

Dub

[Waiex191]

I did make a tool to remove the float pins, so I wouldn't break any more posts.


It clamps in the vise and guides a punch.  I think I was using a #40 drill bit.


It was just a scrap piece of 1/8" steel.

[Pat Conlon]

Great idea!