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Bob Wight
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    The RD and Big Twin carbs don’t have a seal or gasket on the nozzle. It’s a machined fit.

    Here’s a parts manual for you.

    Well, that’s strange. I had a parts list when I did my RD restoration last year and saw in the carb diagram there was no seal or gasket on the nozzle. But when I took my carb apart, there was a gasket on the nozzle and it took a new gasket for the carb bowl and upper body to seal up together.

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    Bob

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