Hi All,
So I've been reading this site, the carb guide and watching as many videos as I can about carbs and the time has come to take my XS2's BS38's apart. I should point out that I have never taken apart a carb before...
When I bought the bike it ran but when the petcocks were turned on it poured fuel out of the overflows and out of the air filters (and probably into the engine too). The petcocks seem to work but they are stiff so I'm going to rebuild them with a kit anyway.
Having taken the carbs to bits, one of the floats was full of fuel, the other measured at the correct height. I have only gone so far as to take the float bowl off the second one as I may need it as reference.
I've bought an ebay ultrasonic cleaner, some 1x4 o rings for the needle jets and 4 OEM seals for the throttle shafts - I'm not sure if I need to replace these but I'm guessing they won't like the ultrasonic cleaner and I have no idea if they are bad so I may as well replace them. I've also bought some OEM float needles and seats.
All the jets are standard and OEM and appear to be in good condition.
2 things I have noticed so far, the Needles were set on ring 1 not 4 as the manual states and the fuel mixture screws were 3 turns out not 0.75, I'm guessing this was because the needles were sitting too low in the needle jet?
I'm starting this thread mainly because I'm probably going to come across some problems and will require some help!
I have a day off on Tuesday so I'm going to dive in then. Hopefully my JIS drivers I bought for the throttle shaft will have arrived by then. I'll try and take photos of my progress and upload them.
So I've been reading this site, the carb guide and watching as many videos as I can about carbs and the time has come to take my XS2's BS38's apart. I should point out that I have never taken apart a carb before...
When I bought the bike it ran but when the petcocks were turned on it poured fuel out of the overflows and out of the air filters (and probably into the engine too). The petcocks seem to work but they are stiff so I'm going to rebuild them with a kit anyway.
Having taken the carbs to bits, one of the floats was full of fuel, the other measured at the correct height. I have only gone so far as to take the float bowl off the second one as I may need it as reference.
I've bought an ebay ultrasonic cleaner, some 1x4 o rings for the needle jets and 4 OEM seals for the throttle shafts - I'm not sure if I need to replace these but I'm guessing they won't like the ultrasonic cleaner and I have no idea if they are bad so I may as well replace them. I've also bought some OEM float needles and seats.
All the jets are standard and OEM and appear to be in good condition.
2 things I have noticed so far, the Needles were set on ring 1 not 4 as the manual states and the fuel mixture screws were 3 turns out not 0.75, I'm guessing this was because the needles were sitting too low in the needle jet?
I'm starting this thread mainly because I'm probably going to come across some problems and will require some help!
I have a day off on Tuesday so I'm going to dive in then. Hopefully my JIS drivers I bought for the throttle shaft will have arrived by then. I'll try and take photos of my progress and upload them.