Well found out the hard way silicone gasket maker and carb bowls do
not a good mix make ....LOL ........

Getting good a taking off carbs these days - about 3 minutes tops
ended up using Permatex Gasket Sealant #1 second time around
These newly jetted carbs are ....fantastic - huge improvement.

What you Guys use to seal the carb bowls ?

I'm too cheap to just go buying new gaskets @ well over 100 bucks
a set - that's a lot of beer !

 

If I was standing in my local parts store with your dilemma, I think I might reach for this stuff. Looks like it should do the trick


http://www.permatex.com/products/Aut...ge_sealant.htm

 

JB-Weld .........LOL...LOL...LOL

I don't know of any that really work over a long period of time. Ethanol and all, maybe best to dig the old ones out and use the stuff wooferdog suggested at the bottom of the groves and then replace the gaskets. It would build up the grooves and the OEM material would be in contact with the e-gas.

$100 buckeroos??? WOW! She's my long range missile so, I'd go w/o the beer for a while I suppose.

 

This is the one I went with

Link as it specifically references gasoline and solvents
and it was 2.99 or half a six pack

Edit

Just found this stuff cheap on Ebay and have read a lot
of rave reviews in it

LINK

 

Sprock did you order the eBay stuff? Thoughts?

 

Making new gaskets is fairly easy !
All you need is some o-ring rubber of the correct thickness (which you can buy here easily) and make new ones, OR
Make velamoid gaskets and use permatex.
Works just as well.
No more gasket sets for me at $100 !

 

Hey Sprock, you need all four? I buy my parts from powersports, cheapest
place I could find online
You can get them there at 87$ :

(1993)
Honda Motorcycle Parts 1993 CBR1000F A CARBURETOR COMPONENTS Diagram

Good luck

 

You will stop leaking, you b4stard fuel bowls.

 

Yeah PMCG I did order some of the ebay stuff

Yeah Hojen I use PowerSportsPlus all the time but they are not the
cheapest even if I was to buy a set - which I'm not going to because
I'm a stubborn old bastard and I need more practice taking these
carbs off - want to get my time to down under 2 minutes ..... LOL so
as usual I can be faster that TimBucTwo at it mega LOL


And yeah Pete I have a box of old rings , big long ones from my Volvo
Oil Filters that I could and will use if this latest sealing attempt fails
But I don't expect it too as I filled the carbs last night on the work bench
and not a drop of gas came out - and I was beginning to think the T joint
orings were gone - and that'd just suck ***** if I had to go splitting them
apart to do those - but Murphy was on vacation - so all was good.

LOL - Did I mention these rebuilt carbs are Malbo's old ones with new needles
jets and shims - oh and I dropped them off the workbench once already - so
that'd make them shock tested and might explain why they leaked the
first time out - it was either catch the carbs or catch my beer glass falling
true priorities won out !

 

That pipe dope says gas...natural gas or pump gas??????

That's plumber dope and they may be referring to natural gas.