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Quick white spacer material question
07/15/17 at 13:58:30

Is it obvious that this is my "get stuff sorted" weekend? Tongue

I cannot for the life of me find teflon or steel #4 washers. Found brass ones, but they don't fit.

I've now raided the magical mystery draws at Home Depot, and bought some metric M3 washers, which LOOK the correct size. The brass ones were a tiny bit tight to fit on the needle, and tiny bit wide to fit in the hole: holding one against the other, the M3s are a little wider internal and little slimmer external.

The actual question is, before I actually put them inside the carb, is stainless steel safe in this setting? I can't imagine it wouldn't be, but I'd rather check than accidentally do something very silly.
(There was a zinc option for the same washer too, but I've heard odd things about zinc not liking gasoline so decided against them).

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28889 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #1 - 07/15/17 at 14:16:04 M3's should be close. #4=.112" M3=.118"
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AlexW Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 57 Durham, NC Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #2 - 07/15/17 at 14:17:43 I'd figured. Stainless steel is fine?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28675 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #3 - 07/15/17 at 15:52:42 #4 nylon washers are .066" thick... perfect 2/3's of stock.. and they fit... I get them at Ace Hardware here...
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #4 - 07/15/17 at 15:57:50 Great piece of info Serobot. That way the original won't have to be compromised.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #5 - 07/15/17 at 15:59:38 Love Ace Hardware! By the way, what is the speed of dark??
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #6 - 07/15/17 at 16:00:11 Our you can sand the stock spacer down ,50% if your at sea level ,25to 33 % if your higher . the speed of dark is the same as the speed of light.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28675 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #7 - 07/15/17 at 16:40:07 Ludicrous Speed !... ... ...
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Re: Quick white spacer material question
Reply #8 - 07/15/17 at 16:41:11

I've been to the Ace near me several times and they don't seem to have #4 nylon washers. I've looked, I've asked, multiple times. I promise.

As I mentioned, batman, my issue right now is that I think I've sanded my stock spacer down a little too far and want to see if a little more bulk is better. I could get them online, but shipping is consistently $8 or more, which is ridiculous for 50 cents worth of nylon.

I already know the Ace nylon washers work and are a good size, but I can't get hold of them. What I want to know is whether stainless steel will mess up my engine. I don't think it will, but this isn't really the place to only think rather than know.

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SALB Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 668 Whittier, AK Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #9 - 07/15/17 at 17:23:28 batman wrote on 07/15/17 at 16:00:11: the speed of dark is the same as the speed of light. Dark is the absence of light, Therefore dark has no speed.
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SALB Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 668 Whittier, AK Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #10 - 07/15/17 at 17:27:12 AlexW wrote on 07/15/17 at 16:41:11: What I want to know is whether stainless steel will mess up my engine. I don't think it will, but this isn't really the place to only think rather than know. Stainless and fuel are compatible. Go for it!
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Re: Quick white spacer material question
Reply #11 - 07/15/17 at 17:34:44

SALB wrote on 07/15/17 at 17:23:28:

batman wrote on 07/15/17 at 16:00:11:

the speed of dark is the same as the speed of light.

Dark is the absence of light, Therefore dark has no speed. Undecided

Light bulbs actually work in reverse. When you switch them off they suck in all the light. It then gets transferred to big batteries where it's stored to make daytime. Grin

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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #12 - 07/15/17 at 20:18:50 "THE SPEED OF DARK IS THE NEG.OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT" I GUESSED RIGHT!WHAT DID I WIN!WHAT DID I WIN!
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Quick white spacer material question Reply #13 - 07/15/17 at 20:30:41 ALEX, I believe someone bought washers with the correct inside diameter ,placed them on a bolt ,in a drill and sanded/filed the outside down it fit.
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Re: Quick white spacer material question
Reply #14 - 07/16/17 at 06:36:04

Alright.
Opened her up this morning, and once I got to the carb needle I noticed that the M3 washers I had are identical to the one that sits against the spring on the other side of the needle.
They are, thus, a perfect fit. They're quite thin - I don't have an unsanded stock spacer for reference, but it looks like you'd need about 7 to make the full spacer size. I'm running four, and the bike seems to work just fine.
If people are interested, I'm happy to take some spares to work tomorrow and stick a calliper on them.

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