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  1. ljevans

    DIY Suicide clutch with Jockey shifter

    I wired one up as well before I took the bike apart so I'll be definitly hooking that back up!
  2. ljevans

    DIY Suicide clutch with Jockey shifter

    That's what all the header wrap is for. At least I hope it works as I bought the same exhaust
  3. ljevans

    DIY Suicide clutch with Jockey shifter

    Looks great! Looks like we came up with basically the same idea :)
  4. ljevans

    DIY Suicide clutch with Jockey shifter

    sounds good. I ended up running a die down a longer bolt to get one with the length that I needed. Most of them over about 1" long just have the long unthreaded "shoulder" on them so you can't run a nut all the way up to the head like I have. Running a die down it allows you to use whatever...
  5. ljevans

    DIY Suicide clutch with Jockey shifter

    It's funny you say this as I just got back from picking up a wrench that fits on my coupling nut! Please see attached pic and let me know what you think. I haven't welded the coupling nut or the wrench yet. Just mocking it up. I drilled out the coupling nut just big enough for the M8 bolt to fit...
  6. ljevans

    DIY Suicide clutch with Jockey shifter

    The wrench with the nut welded to it will go where the red Arrow is pointing. Then I'll use that jam nut to keep it in place
  7. ljevans

    DIY Suicide clutch with Jockey shifter

    I'm doing this right now. The stock threads are M8x1.25 so I just got a bolt and threaded it in with a jam nut. Also welded a nut to a wrench to use as a Lever. The only issue I'm finding is you can't swing the wrench around as it hits the stator portion of the cover so it takes a few tries to...
  8. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    I usually park it on the center stand and I don't recall seeing any fuel drops. It's on the center stand now so when i go back to it i'll check and see if it's dripping or not. when it was dripping i did have it on the side stand outside of my work so if it doesn't leak on the center stand...
  9. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    I forgot to mention that the petcocks are shut off. I always shut them off when I turn the bike off.
  10. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    this time it was on the side stand but the fuel drops were coming from both carbs.
  11. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    well I guess I jinxed myself. I went out to the bike on my lunch break and there's drips of fuel on the bottom of both float bowls. I have new floats, new float valves and new float bowl gaskets. The float levels are set correctly as well. if anything they're ever so slightly lower than...
  12. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    I replaced the float valves last night. They are the correct ones (the new ones that I received) and they seem to have solved my float bowl overflowing issue :thumbsup:
  13. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    well my replacement parts just arrived. They appear to be the correct flow valves but i'll know for sure once I pull the carbs apart again. The guys at xs650 direct were nice and helpful to deal with and they even sent me a nice "xs performance" shirt as well! thanks guys.
  14. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    thanks Leo. I'll give that a shot if I end up having to wait for the correct replacement parts.
  15. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    Thanks gggGary. That confirms my issue. My replacement seats are 9.90mm i just went and double checked my measurements now. I my stock ones were 8.90 as well so i've clearly been shipped the wrong parts. thanks for your help!
  16. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    does anyone have the needle seat out of a BS38 that they could tell me the measurement of the OD of the threads? that might help sort out what's going on with mine. The part number on my invoice matches the part number on xs650direct as well as on mikesxs however the needle/seats that i received...
  17. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    I did get a reply a few days ago from xs650direct and they are looking into why my needle seats dont fit. I'm hoping to get this resolved pretty soon. I ran it again today and only a few drops leaked out of the right carb while it ran for 5-10 min but it's still clearly not shutting off the fuel...
  18. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    I just put them back together last night but I might give the clear tube method a shot. my floats were full of fuel so I knew that the fuel level would have been wrong when they were in there. Now that they are new I could check the fuel level and see where it's at. I'm starting to think that...
  19. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    The floats seemed to make a big improvement. As far as I can tell the only reason I'm still getting any fuel coming out of the overflow is either a) I need to lower the float level further (even though it's bang on 24mm without the bowl gasket installed) or b) my needle is still leaking slightly...
  20. ljevans

    Pamco install - sparks but won't fire

    ...but to answer your question I think the quality is good but time will tell how durable they are.
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