carb wont go back in!

session savage

Well folks. I have been fixing up an old Virago and I took it all apart to clean and service a few weeks ago. Was waiting on part and got it yesterday. So i started putting it all back together. When I tried to put the carb back it wont fit.
On the Virago the air for the carb comes through the frame and down into the carb. There is a rubber mount between the frame and the carb and this wont fit. I measured the opening in this mount with a calipers and the fecking thing is 6mm too small. Dont ask me how.
I'm guessing that if i blasted it with a hair dryer or something to heat it up I could wiggle it in??? maybe?
Any advice for a guy starting to panic

KamiKazi

Boil it!

That's how I got my heated grips on, they wouldn't fit onto the slightly larger diameter Renthals cold.

Teddy Daniels

KamiKazi wrote: »

Boil it!

That's how I got my heated grips on, they wouldn't fit onto the slightly larger diameter Renthals cold.

+1
I hate carb rubbers

honeybadger

spray some wd 40 on it

Teddy Daniels

Don't spray wd40 on it put it in hot water like kazi says. Wd is corrosive to rubber and it'll slip off/out hot water expands lubricates and then shrinks tight and dries leaving no greasy residue. It's acually a bit irrisponsaible to just blurt out potentially damaging misinformation in my opinion.

osprey

Teddy Daniels wrote: »

Don't spray wd40 on it put it in hot water like kazi says. Wd is corrosive to rubber and it'll slip off/out hot water expands lubricates and then shrinks tight and dries leaving no greasy residue. It's acually a bit irrisponsaible to just blurt out potentially damaging misinformation in my opinion.

Agreed entirely. Hot water (boiling) is the way to go. Do not attempt to use WD40, you'll regret that.

honeybadger

Teddy Daniels wrote: »

Don't spray wd40 on it put it in hot water like kazi says. Wd is corrosive to rubber and it'll slip off/out hot water expands lubricates and then shrinks tight and dries leaving no greasy residue. It's acually a bit irrisponsaible to just blurt out potentially damaging misinformation in my opinion.

a lil squirt of wd40 never did any harm from my experience

Teddy Daniels

The correct way to fit rubber parts on bikes is to immerse them in hot water.

also read this link

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&q=don%27t+use+wd+40+on+rubber&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ACAW_en___IE358

honeybadger

ok point taken but wich one of the 101,000 links do i read first ,,damm i knew i shud av said fairy liquid first time round to use as a bit of lube lol

Teddy Daniels

honeybadger wrote: »

ok point taken but wich one of the 101,000 links do i read first ,,damm i knew i shud av said fairy liquid first time round to use as a bit of lube lol

Every day is a learning day.:)

session savage

Thanks a million lads. I put some boiling water in a mug and soaked it for only 30 seconds, she popped right in then no bother.
Thanks a mill.:D