Honda woes...

[BlackBelt]

A buddy of mine rebuilt my '99 Honda Foreman 450ES carb yesterday (for free, of course). Everything was good except he broke one of the heads of the brass screws off that hold the float bowl on the carb. The float bowl is still sealed, as the threaded part of the screw is attached inside the threads. My question is: should I not worry about getting that screw body out of the holes for now, since it's sealed up? I mean, it's probably going to be years before I need that carb rebuilt again.
Any thoughts?

 

[stik]

it would be a worry for me being out somewhere and have the possibility of it "screwing" :grin: up. it may be fine but personally, i would fix it.

 

[RUGER]

I would ride it till it broke. :D

 

[pety221]

Long as its sealed I wouldn't worry bout it

 

[BlackBelt]

Well, after reading what you guys said (half for, half against), I took it to a mechanic that works down the road from me. He took jewelers flathead screwdriver and made a groove in the screw and got it out in less than a minute. I gave him 20 bucks and we were both happy.
Thanks guys.