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doh13 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 67 NS CANADA	White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?) 06/03/14 at 18:32:54 Hi i went to the hardware store to pick up some #4 washers to replace the white spacer and they were too big to replace the white spacer what did I do wrong? I measured the white spacer outer diameter and it was about 1/4 inch outer diameter so i am assuming that's the size i need?
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Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?)
Reply #1 - 06/03/14 at 18:39:24

doh13 wrote on 06/03/14 at 18:32:54:

Hi i went to the hardware store to pick up some #4 washers to replace the white spacer and they were too big to replace the white spacer what did I do wrong? I measured the white spacer outer diameter and it was about 1/4 inch outer diameter so i am assuming that's the size i need? Huh

Not sure what went wrong. If you still have the white spacer take it with you, and maybe the needle to be sure the washers fit over it. You can always sand the white spacer down on a piece of 220 sandpaper on a flat surface.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?) Reply #2 - 06/03/14 at 19:25:05 #4 nylon washer are .25" or less... Item Finish SizesInside Dia.Outside Dia.Thickness Flat Washer Natural #4 0.112" 0.206" 0.053" Flat Washer Natural #4 0.115" 0.250" 0.062" Flat Washer Natural #4 0.120" 0.220" 0.031"
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Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?)
Reply #3 - 06/03/14 at 19:28:21

verslagen1 wrote on 06/03/14 at 19:25:05:

#4 nylon washer are .25" or less...

Item Finish SizesInside Dia.Outside Dia.Thickness
Flat Washer Natural #4 0.112" 0.206" 0.053"
Flat Washer Natural #4 0.115" 0.250" 0.062"
Flat Washer Natural #4 0.120" 0.220" 0.031"

Maybe he got metal washers and not nylon? Is there a difference in sizing?

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?) Reply #4 - 06/03/14 at 19:34:03 Flat Washer Standard Plain #4 1/8" 5/16" Flat Washer Standard Plain #4 1/8" 5/16" you betcha.
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Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?)
Reply #5 - 06/03/14 at 20:45:21

verslagen1 wrote on 06/03/14 at 19:34:03:

Flat Washer Standard Plain #4 1/8" 5/16"
Flat Washer Standard Plain #4 1/8" 5/16"

you betcha. Huh

Well there's my problem lol. The dang nylon washers are hard to come by around my area I looked at 3 places locally and nothing I am going to have my friend check home depot tomorrow if he gets the chance if not out comes the sand paper. Thanks a lot for the info.

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Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?)
Reply #6 - 06/03/14 at 21:03:19

Home Depot has a section with drawers of offbeat and metric stuff. Don't look in the main aisle with all the little bags of screws, nuts, bolts and washers. In that section there is a rack of gray drawers with little trays that have all kinds of nylon, rubber and metric fasteners, bolts, washers etc. They might have them in there.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?) Reply #7 - 06/03/14 at 21:26:16 stack 'm up on a screw, pinch 'm with a nut, chuck in a drill press and file to size.
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?) Reply #8 - 06/03/14 at 23:24:54 Or go to Lowes, much better hardware selection than Home Despot.
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Re: White spacer size? (bought #4 but was to big?)
Reply #9 - 06/09/14 at 19:39:05

WD wrote on 06/03/14 at 23:24:54:

Or go to Lowes, much better hardware selection than Home Despot.

I decided to just sand down the white spacer instead of running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to find the correct washer here in the boonies... Grin

. I took off .5 mm of the 2.5 MM spacer which equals to a little less than 1/3 . I wanted to take less rather than more.

Anyways I took the bike for a test run with the bad float installed (waiting on new float) stock jets/air filter and air screw set to 2 turns and it worked really well with no back firing and it seemed to pull smoothly when i came on to the throttle even though this is the first time i have ridden a savage so I am not sure what I should expect but i was happy with the way it was running, hell i was happy it was even running after setting for over 7 years. Tongue

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