dixieairplane wrote:SNIP "...It seems strange that they make a rebuild kit and not include the seal joint with it.
Agree, so here's my thinking on that. The parts they DO provide in a rebuild kit are those that are subject to wear, deterioration etc. If a parts not in the kit, then it's likely that it may not (normally) need to be replaced. In what condition is yours? Can it be cleaned and reused? Just a thought.
+1 on Placerville's advice. this seal isn't susceptible to movement type wear, so I'd give it a good once over, clean it up and go from there, unless you 'gotta have' all new parts. My 2 cents...
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dixieairplane wrote:SNIP "...It seems strange that they make a rebuild kit and not include the seal joint with it.
Agree, so here's my thinking on that. The parts they DO provide in a rebuild kit are those that are subject to wear, deterioration etc. If a parts not in the kit, then it's likely that it may not (normally) need to be replaced. In what condition is yours? Can it be cleaned and reused? Just a thought.
It is rubber though. At this point we mostly will just have to reuse them when we can. I'd bet not many shops would have one on the shelf still. I didn't look at the CMS site. How much is it?
1976 Goldwing Super Sport
1985 Honda Elite
1976 KZ900 Dragbike
1992 ZX7 Dragbike (KZ900 style motor w/NOS)
and a rotation of various purchases
Randakk approved Carb Rebuilder
I used K&L kits from Georgefix when I rebuilt my calipers, no issues, great service and price. I also re used to rubber seal on the rear caliper and it seals just fine.
robin1731 wrote:
It is rubber though. At this point we mostly will just have to reuse them when we can. I'd bet not many shops would have one on the shelf still. I didn't look at the CMS site. How much is it?
comes from the nederlands.... so a funny thingabob in front of 4.00 (so I am guessing about $8)... maybe time to stock up
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76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
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robin1731 wrote:
It is rubber though. At this point we mostly will just have to reuse them when we can. I'd bet not many shops would have one on the shelf still. I didn't look at the CMS site. How much is it?
comes from the nederlands.... so a funny thingabob in front of 4.00 (so I am guessing about $8)... maybe time to stock up
Yeah, I was too lazy to check on the conversion. The $8.00 isn't bad. Not that far off from what Honda got for them. But I don't know how much shipping is.
1976 Goldwing Super Sport
1985 Honda Elite
1976 KZ900 Dragbike
1992 ZX7 Dragbike (KZ900 style motor w/NOS)
and a rotation of various purchases
Randakk approved Carb Rebuilder
robin1731 wrote:
It is rubber though. At this point we mostly will just have to reuse them when we can. I'd bet not many shops would have one on the shelf still. I didn't look at the CMS site. How much is it?
comes from the nederlands.... so a funny thingabob in front of 4.00 (so I am guessing about $8)... maybe time to stock up
Yeah, I was too lazy to check on the conversion. The $8.00 isn't bad. Not that far off from what Honda got for them. But I don't know how much shipping is.
I ordered a couple and then added several other things like shims and inspection covers. shi[[ing worked out to about a 50% mark-up. But now I have a couple of those seals. used a calculator, all added up to just inder $100
-Rodger- all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you haveGandalf "One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers "it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
Looks like this place may have them. It let me go through to shipping, which was 10 bucks, but better than the 27 from cms. I didn't actually buy because I'm not even close to the point where I need to rebuild mine.
BruteSquad wrote:Looks like this place may have them. It let me go through to shipping, which was 10 bucks, but better than the 27 from cms. I didn't actually buy because I'm not even close to the point where I need to rebuild mine.
This sellers data-base in probably incorrect. Note that every part on the above list seems 'available' as there's a price listed for everything and none of them are marked, "Call for price." That's a dead give-a-way that they don't subscribe to Honda's 'On-line' service and they're just using a static information source. If you place an order with them, they'll do a query with the Honda warehouse, find that the part's not available and respond with a 'we can't order it' email.
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that was my thought as well. Many of the on-lines used to do it that way and I bet they got a lot of negative kick-back and so now have a current fisch. Eventually an awful lot of things will be obsoleted on these old bikes which is sad
-Rodger- all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you haveGandalf "One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers "it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
wingrider wrote:Roger, you'll have to let us know how that order worked out for you...sort of feeling like that place in Europe may be the last chance.
David Silver Spares claim they have 3 in stock @ $5.97 each.
They want $29 for a pair, shipping is the killer, $17.
The $8.00 isn't bad. Not that far off from what Honda got for them. But I don't know how much shipping is.
