V-4 floats

[amuller]

Assembling the carbs, I noticed a float (383437) was hanging a big cockeyed and twisted the arm a little to align it. The foam split and the arm popped loose. Obviously a bad move on my part but it seemed to split more easily than it should have. I ordered two new ones–they are cheap on ebay–but am wondering: Is this common? Is there any adhesive that has worked to fix them? (If I had pinched the float firmly before twisting, it likely wouldn’t have failed.)

I also noticed that the Sierra needle/seat is dimensionally different than the original and the float would have been way out of adjustment without bending the arm.

Live and learn……

[frankr]

Of course you know that you should grab the metal part of the float arm with a needle nose pliers or a forceps to bend it, so I won’t mention that. Interesting about the float valve hole size.

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