Need some O rings for VM29 Fuel T-piece

[Shed20a]

Good evening all,

Every spring when I wake my Z1B from its hibernation, I spend the first few hours waiting for the T-Piece O rings to swell up and stop petrol pissing all over the engine. I thought this winter I'd treat the carbs to some new O rings.

Trouble is Allens Performance haven't got any in stock and from Z1 Enterprises the postage cost is 5 times more than the cost of the O rings. I've been looking on the interweb for other places in the UK to buy some from, but nothings come up so far.

If anybody knows where I can get some from it would be appreciated.

Cheers, Stuart

[DavidZ1R]

Have you tried Vapourworx

[zed1015]

If you know the measurements any good bearing shop should be able to supply them.
Simply bearings or Bearing boys etc have online shops you can search and order from.

[Shed20a]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I could take an O ring out to measure it, but knowing my luck after 40 years of service they'll fall to pieces as soon as I remove them, then I'll have no O ring to measure and no bike to ride..

I'll drop Vapourworx an email later.

Thanks again,

Stuart

[Wrigers]

http://nrp-carbs.co.uk/
Try these, pretty comprehensive range of carb parts..

[Shed20a]

Thanks for the link Wrigers,

I had a look at their shop. They sell T Pieces complete with O rings but they don't sell O rings individually, and they don't explicitly mention VM29 carbs just the standard Z1/Z1A/Z1B/Z900 carbs, and I don't know if they're the same or not.



Cheers,

Stuart

[ZedHead]

If you are not in a hurry, I can get them.

[Shed20a]

Hi ZedHead,

Thanks for the offer, but I've been trawling through ebay and just come across the advert below - four VM29 Smoothbore O-Ring Gasket Kits for for 30 quid.

I didn't fancy forking out 16 dollars postage for 3 dollars worth of O rings from the USA, but from here for 30 quid you get all the O rings plus the float bowl gaskets, including postage.

I'm going to give them a try. Thanks to all for your input.

Cheers, Stuart

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mikuni-VM-29 ... SwFSRbkF~-

[ZedHead]

Hi ZedHead,

Thanks for the offer, but I've been trawling through ebay and just come across the advert below - four VM29 Smoothbore O-Ring Gasket Kits for for 30 quid.

I didn't fancy forking out 16 dollars postage for 3 dollars worth of O rings from the USA, but from here for 30 quid you get all the O rings plus the float bowl gaskets, including postage.

I'm going to give them a try. Thanks to all for your input.

Cheers, Stuart

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mikuni-VM-29 ... SwFSRbkF~-