Installed RPM o ring kit

[Joe Sull]

I started 3 days ago with this maintenance. Rain and more rain in the forecast. I didn't like the green carbs so I stripped the paint.
I ordered the o ring kit last thursday and there was plenty to do before they came. Another thing I wanted to change was the needle jet
shim configuration I had going on. I shimmed the needles with the .01 mm washer that was over the clip and bought some washers to
replace them and they were too thick. The needles were stiff, no play at all. I couldn't feel the spring.

I was worried that the clip / needle would slide up inside the spring. Arnie said something about not worrying about it. I guess the nylon piece fits snug enough on the needle to hold the needle back. Now they feel good again. springy and loose side to side.

Painted the carbs this yesterday with the same metalcast and I like it much better.



The o ring kit went great and the screws look super. I replaced my manifold o rings. I know all my o rings were leaking.
The kit made this job a lot easier. I was loosing vacuum at the manifolds, my mixture screws weren't sealing and my float seats
were leaking.


One of the biggest things I found while cleaning the carbs was the forth idle mixture hole. I didn't see that there was a triangle of holes
just above the throat valve. I saw two only and cleaned them before but the third one is just to the side of the other two.
They were blocked on two of the carbs.

I sync'd the carbs with a wire and put them back in. Adjusted the mixture screws to 3 turns and started her up. After a bit of warm up
I sync'd the carbs with the manometer twice. She never popped once. The bike sounds soooo much better. Tomorrow were suppose to
dry out some and I'll take it for a ride. I can tell right now, the bikes gonna scar me. 

[Pat Conlon]

Good for you Joe.

In the picture, remember that fuel line goes *under* both the branch lines.
Not just the right branch line, as you show in the picture, both right and left branch lines.

[fj1289]

No RED UNI filters yet?!   

[keand3]

Oooo i like those carbs man... I might do mine in blue nect winter 

[movenon]

Also, good work there Joe. The carbs are easy but it is overlooking those little details that will make it run like crap. There's cleaning and then there inspection and knowing what to look for.  Details, details....
George

[Joe Sull]

Good for you Joe.

In the picture, remember that fuel line goes *under* both the branch lines.
Not just the right branch line, as you show in the picture, both right and left branch lines.

I saw that written somewhere Pat but theres hardly any hand room to get the hose on just going under 1. I'll try it!

Oooo i like those carbs man... I might do mine in blue nect winter 

You'll like'm blue metalcast. Stuff is like candy. I want to spray some in my mouth and see what it taste like.

No RED UNI filters yet?!   

It kind of sucks!

Also, good work there Joe. The carbs are easy but it is overlooking those little details that will make it run like crap. There's cleaning and then there inspection and knowing what to look for.  Details, details....
George

George, I'm sitting on my couch looking at my post and realized that I didn't tighten the carb boot clamps. I gotta go back in again. Details

[movenon]

It happens, I tighnen the 2 left side once, got distracted, came back later and "fiinshed" the job....  Ran ok but you could tell there was a "carb" problem...
Anyhow it was an easy fix and a lesson...
George

[andyb]

I shimmed the needles with the .01 mm washer

Isn't that like the thickness of foil?  Maybe a 1mm or 0.1mm?

[Joe Sull]

I shimmed the needles with the .01 mm washer

Isn't that like the thickness of foil?  Maybe a 1mm or 0.1mm?

That's what I get for guessing. I better stick to what I know..The mighty inch.

I took her out for a blast between rain drops. She's really running good now. Hopefully she'll stay that way thru the summer.
Running very smooth and I find more low end power. I'm gonna need to replace my main jets and the float seats at some point
but I can work on that not that I got the biggest problems solved.
Thanks Joe