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What's the technical name for the tubes going to/from a motorcycle carb? |
Just bought a '76 Honda CB360T that was missing the carb. This is my first bike, and I still haven't found a repair manual so I'm having problems figuring out some of the parts 'technical' names which I really need to know in order to find them. I bought a carb for the bike and put it on, however afterwards I realized I was missing the tubes that attach to the bottom of the carb, and also the tube (or tubes) that go from my petcock to the carb (which I'm assuming is just considered the fuel line). Anyone know if I can buy all these as a set somehow? Thanks in advace, Ben You are correct about the fuel line. You can buy this at any auto parts store. The tubes that attach to the bottoms of the carbs are drain lines. If the float in the carb gets stuck they drain off the excess fuel onto the ground. You can use thin rubber hoses for this, try getting some aquarium tubing, that will work fine. Route the hoses so that they drain onto the ground. Make sure they won't spray onto the rear tire or exhaust pipes. Bring your carbs to any bike shop and they will sell you the correct size hose. one is called the fuel line, (from the tank to the carb)the other one on the bottom is called the float bowl drain tube. this last one is not as critical as you only need this when draining the gas from the carbs. i just use a cut down soda can to catch the (~100ml) of fuel that the float bowls hold. as for buying them, you could order them from honda, but it's way cheaper to go to a bike shop or an auto supply place and order it by the foot and cut your own. there should also be some circlips (like hose clamps, but a spring) that hold the fuel lines on for safety. since you will probably save some money by doing this, then i'd strongly recomend an inline fuel filter on a bike this old to keep the rust and junk in the tank from fouling those nice new clean carbs. should cost less than $20 for all of this. all you have to do is cut the fuel line in the middle and put in the filter looks like this ---[ ]---. Fuel lines and overflow lines. Just go to an auto parts store and buy some fuel line of the right diameter and cut to length. As for the overflow lines, vinyl tubing that can be bought at Home Depot, cut to length, they just snake through the frame and peek out under the motor. If I remember right, the 360 is a vertical twin with TWO carbs. Fuel line is cheap. Any auto parts store. Use clamps. Add a see through fuel filter in the line. The drip tubes don't matter as much. 1974 CL360 was my first. Manuals for the 360 were hard to come by. |
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