hotajax 212 #1 Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) Is this something most hardware stores sell in those little bin boxes? Can't find that little bugger anywhere. Its for a 314-8 carb that I got from I Save Tractors. Edited September 10, 2023 by hotajax Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 7,521 #2 Posted September 10, 2023 Probably not - too small. it is very close in diameter to the OD of the spring that pushes on it. Steal the one from your original carb??? Bill 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 16,122 #3 Posted September 10, 2023 If you have an Old School hardware store that still has ball bearings in their drawers. I've found and bought 1/16" and 3/32" ball bearings for the check valves in little O&R engine carbs. Don't believe they're smaller than that. But we are loosing all of our old mom and pop hardware stores everywhere. It was a sad day when they closed Elwood Adams Hardware 2017. The oldest hardware store in the country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Adams_Store 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 7,521 #4 Posted September 10, 2023 We had a great Hardware store here in town for years - 1st floor and basement of an old 5 story building - gone about 15 years or so..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveoman1966 3,642 #6 Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, hotajax said: Is this something most hardware stores sell in those little bin boxes? Can't find that little bugger anywhere. Its for a 314-8 carb that I got from I Save Tractors. ...Guessing... A lawn mower repair shop... MAYBE. ---or--- Tear apart a small BALL BEARING.... maybe a wheel bearing or something like it. Edited September 10, 2023 by daveoman1966 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth R Cluley 483 #7 Posted September 11, 2023 check local bicycle shop. They have ball bearings for old school wheel bearings and headsets. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaz54 54 #8 Posted September 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Kenneth R Cluley said: check local bicycle shop. They have ball bearings for old school wheel bearings and headsets. I would try a bicycle shop like Ken said. Many of the modern higher end bicycles use loose bearings in the wheels and headsets. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 14,977 #9 Posted September 11, 2023 Send me your address and I will mail you a couple. I have a bag of 100 of them. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racinbob 10,495 #10 Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) With the cable operated control the little ball isn't needed but I did get some from McMaster. Edited September 11, 2023 by Racinbob 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,781 #11 Posted September 11, 2023 4 hours ago, rmaynard said: Send me your address and I will mail you a couple. Just a balls out thing to do! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotajax 212 #12 Posted September 11, 2023 8 hours ago, rmaynard said: Send me your address and I will mail you a couple. I have a bag of 100 of them. Email sent, thanks a bunch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lagersolut 614 #13 Posted September 11, 2023 19 hours ago, wallfish said: But we are loosing all of our old mom and pop hardware stores everywhere. It was a sad day when they closed Elwood Adams Hardware 2017. The oldest hardware store in the country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Adams_Store It was a sad day when we lost Ziegler's on main st in Spring Grove - years ago I was helping Dad with his Simplicity . ( broken throttle cable ) After calling and running all over the county chasing a replacement ( pre internet ) I stopped in Ziegler's last ditch effort ( they worked on Lawn boy ) . Showed him what I had ask if he could get/order - hold on a minute - he goes downstairs comes up with a whole roll of wire for inside the casing cut it to size put your own bends in . Old wood floors creaked when you walked in still bought nails by the pound/penny . Took my cut to size wire up to Dads had the tractor going again in 20 min -1/2 hour - wire set me back all of 2 or 3 bucks . 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 10,824 #14 Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) Carpenter’s in Camden, NY is hanging on. The area is so rural and economically down that the big box stores are still 25 miles away. On a visit with my oldest grandson, he wanted to know why there were numbers painted on the floor down the main aisle. I realized they were for measuring out rope, wire, and chain from big rolls at the rear of the store. Last number was, if I recall, 90 just inside the threshold of the front door. He wanted us to buy some rope so he could see them do the measuring! An additional plus is that they hire young people for the summer and the old timers give them an education. We were helped by a 2nd year engineering student who’d been working there for several years and she got us to the right parts drawer in about 10 seconds when told the length, diameter, and TPI for a bolt I needed. Edited September 12, 2023 by Handy Don 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1940willys 96 #15 Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) Oh yes, For the Times They are a Change'n! Somebody sang that? Bob Dillon, yep that's who it was. And not for the better!! A few hardware stores that come to my mine local here WERE: Masters & Simon, Eddy Moore's Hardware, and Willink Hardware. Edited September 21, 2023 by 1940willys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnymag3 2,451 #16 Posted September 21, 2023 McMaster-Carr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites