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kawfeedave
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Tore my carbs down today ('82 1100e). Badly contaminated rubber plugs, pilot jet, and the whole 'tower' the pilots are in. Otherwsie, not too bad, with the exception of the o-rings on the fuel fitting between the carbs.
I have an o-ring kit on the way from cycleorings.com, but it hasn't shown up yet, so I don't know exactly what comes with it. My question is the fuel T, where the fuel line attaches, mine appears to be rubber covered with o-ring-like bumps molded into the rubber. Is this normal, or is it supposed to be a moded piece with o-ring grooves like the two aluminum ones without the fuel inlet. One end of the rubber is looking worn, so do I just replace the whole piece?
On to other stuff, I got the bike with pods and a V&H pipe, and it appears to be jetted for them. When pulling the carbs, I noticed the breather pipe off the culinder head was just hanging there. I'm guessing there's a fitting on top of the airbox for the breather, but with no airbox, what's the plan? A long hose with a breather on the end, routed out the tail end of the bike?
In that same area, I'm going to be checking the valves before I fire it back up, and I see that the realgasket is highly reccomended. I like the orange silicone, and have worked with it in airplanes before. I also read somewhere that you can't use it on certain bikes due to the gasket thickness moving the tach drive gears out of alaignment with the cam gears. Is this the case on the 16v motors? If not the realgasket, is OEM the way to go?
Thanks again for any help guys. I'm tyring to fast track bringing this bike back to life because it's late in the season. I'm not cutting any corners, but I'm skipping things like paint, powder coating and modifications (those are what the winters are for).
I have an o-ring kit on the way from cycleorings.com, but it hasn't shown up yet, so I don't know exactly what comes with it. My question is the fuel T, where the fuel line attaches, mine appears to be rubber covered with o-ring-like bumps molded into the rubber. Is this normal, or is it supposed to be a moded piece with o-ring grooves like the two aluminum ones without the fuel inlet. One end of the rubber is looking worn, so do I just replace the whole piece?
On to other stuff, I got the bike with pods and a V&H pipe, and it appears to be jetted for them. When pulling the carbs, I noticed the breather pipe off the culinder head was just hanging there. I'm guessing there's a fitting on top of the airbox for the breather, but with no airbox, what's the plan? A long hose with a breather on the end, routed out the tail end of the bike?
In that same area, I'm going to be checking the valves before I fire it back up, and I see that the realgasket is highly reccomended. I like the orange silicone, and have worked with it in airplanes before. I also read somewhere that you can't use it on certain bikes due to the gasket thickness moving the tach drive gears out of alaignment with the cam gears. Is this the case on the 16v motors? If not the realgasket, is OEM the way to go?
Thanks again for any help guys. I'm tyring to fast track bringing this bike back to life because it's late in the season. I'm not cutting any corners, but I'm skipping things like paint, powder coating and modifications (those are what the winters are for).
