Stripping the carbs and taking out the pilot screw.....yes you guessed it.........
...the screw was seized in. It moved half a turn in and half a turn out.
I was probably using the wrong screwdriver bit or putting too much force on the brass head but it stripped the slot coming out. After a few hours trying to spin it in and out, penetrating fluid the head was mangled.
Bit of brute force and the screw finally came out.
Sadly its had it and will never go back in a carb. Now I have to replace it.....somehow. Suzuki show a part No 13279-47070 and 13279-47080 which looks more likely and came from the GSX1100EFE/EFG and later models and the 13279-47070 version fits a lot of more modern bikes.
Bellow is a photo of how the 13279-47070 looks against the GSX1100E one.
So what do people do when they are in my situation regarding this part for carbs? What can you fit? Or are you just now looking for a spare set of dead carbs to get the screw out of?
I've been offered one but I'd like to find one myself if I can if there is a part that fits just incase in the future it happens again.
Anyone can shed any light here?
...the screw was seized in. It moved half a turn in and half a turn out.
I was probably using the wrong screwdriver bit or putting too much force on the brass head but it stripped the slot coming out. After a few hours trying to spin it in and out, penetrating fluid the head was mangled.
Bit of brute force and the screw finally came out.
Sadly its had it and will never go back in a carb. Now I have to replace it.....somehow. Suzuki show a part No 13279-47070 and 13279-47080 which looks more likely and came from the GSX1100EFE/EFG and later models and the 13279-47070 version fits a lot of more modern bikes.
Bellow is a photo of how the 13279-47070 looks against the GSX1100E one.
So what do people do when they are in my situation regarding this part for carbs? What can you fit? Or are you just now looking for a spare set of dead carbs to get the screw out of?
I've been offered one but I'd like to find one myself if I can if there is a part that fits just incase in the future it happens again.
Anyone can shed any light here?
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