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Originally Posted by kzbatbike
I like that dowel idea. Thanks
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your welcome..
using a pointed short pointed 3/16" hard dowel, by pressing and rotating into the small orifice of a motorcycle's brass float valve needle seat, works wonders to polish and smooth it out, for obtaining a leak-proof needle valve seal into the brass float valve seat, so it won't leak, when all else fails, as long as the needle valve and seat aren't, already, worn out from excessive wear.. good luck..
In addition to dirt causing the valves to stick open, I have seen a few cases where the brass seat of the float valve needs to be polished (smoothed out) by pressing and rotating a short pointed hardwood dowel into its small orifice. Dowels of 3/16” diameter work well. I have even had to clean up brand new seats in this fashion before they would stop leaking.