Zama el-32 rebuild kit? I'm confused

[EvilRoySlade]

Ok, 346xp. Zama el32 carb, bought rb-122 kit as indicated by zama site. Gaskets look correct but metering diaphragm is just a bit off, the metal support diameter and needle and lever are way off.
From carb on left, kit contents on right.
Anyone seen this, what's a kit worth if it's sorta close?

Rod

 

[EvilRoySlade]

You guys are killing me, no one has seen this?

 

[wde_1978]

It looks as if the rebuild kit is a wrong one, not for Your saws carb.

Or they wrongly mashed together different kit parts at the factory?!

I can truly say that I have never seen something like that.

 

[AVB]

Just checked my RB-122 kit Dated 2/23/12 and the parts are like the one on left. Is your an OEM Zama or an AM kit. The diameter of diaphragm disc here is 15.15mm

 

[EvilRoySlade]

Zama kit. Carb was not bad, just in saw so the couple bucks was no biggy. Just swapped flat diaphragm, left the rest. I'll look into deeper, see if it's relabeled kit or something.
Thanks

 

[EvilRoySlade]

Found out it was mis-packaged by Zama. Luckily my kit was some of the first kits from a big batch the distributor had. So caught early.

 

[Definitive Dave]

Thanks to Rod for the heads up on this.
I checked and all the random samples I pulled match his which is clearly NOT an RB-122.
My next shipment already left the factory but they will get me 100 replacements on my next order.
I wish I still had a kit from the first two batches to compare the new ones to when they arrive as a control sample.
I wonder what these kits really are?
One time they sent me 100 pcs of K20-HD labeled as K10-HD, that one was easy to figure out.
Just checked and we have ordered 5650 kits from them this year. My math is weak but I think that is a .035% miship rate, which doesn't sound so bad but it sucks when you are the guy who gets some oddball kit from Dave.
Dave

 

[David Young]

Dave I did one last night and was going to tell you the same thing. I think it will work I swapped the diaphragms, when you get the others in let me know..

Thank you

your pal

Barry Manilow

 

[David Young]

View attachment 454183 Ok, 346xp. Zama el32 carb, bought rb-122 kit as indicated by zama site. Gaskets look correct but metering diaphragm is just a bit off, the metal support diameter and needle and lever are way off.
From carb on left, kit contents on right.
Anyone seen this, what's a kit worth if it's sorta close?

Rod

thank you for posting this!

it means Im not crazy well not completely

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

They do sell minor rebuild kits for carbs that only need the diaphragms and gaskets changed. GND-65 is the one for carbs using RB-122.