what did you wrench on today??

[Guest]

welp, with 6 (potential) inches of snow in the forecast, I will be putting the es to bed for the winter. Jedz, more power to ya for riding in the slop....

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Frustration to obsession

Frustration to obsession

Ok, carbs suddenly went weird in September.
It's been a frustrating 2 months, troubleshooting and tuning this BST36SS rack. I have the bike sides off for this project, so I can test ride it, and quickly take the seat and tank off for carb access.
Haven't spent much money but many days trouble shooting and testing. Fully tuned in detail, but still it idles at 2200 rpm after full warm up. This has been a problem all along with this carb/engine combination. I'm blaming the carbs, I think they're hopeless.
Last possibility may be a worn diaphragm, will try replacing that, but thinking about replacing the whole carb rack.
Have a search on ebay for 89-92 gsxr1100 carburetor, but also considering buying a new RS36 flatside rack.
Kinda pricy at $1000 for the rack, filters, throttle grip and cables.
In comparison to cars, this would be like replacing an OEM Rochester with a Holly. An automatically choice for performance improvement.
Will be doing other track day upgrades on this bike, have a fiberglass one piece tail and seat unit (94-95 Yoshimura Superbike), and headlight panel on order from Airtech.

 

[limeex2]

Ok, carbs suddenly went weird in September.
It's been a frustrating 2 months, troubleshooting and tuning this BST36SS rack. I have the bike sides off for this project, so I can test ride it, and quickly take the seat and tank off for carb access.
Haven't spent much money but many days trouble shooting and testing. Fully tuned in detail, but still it idles at 2200 rpm after full warm up. This has been a problem all along with this carb/engine combination. I'm blaming the carbs, I think they're hopeless.
Last possibility may be a worn diaphragm, will try replacing that, but thinking about replacing the whole carb rack.
Have a search on ebay for 89-92 gsxr1100 carburetor, but also considering buying a new RS36 flatside rack.
Kinda pricy at $1000 for the rack, filters, throttle grip and cables.
In comparison to cars, this would be like replacing an OEM Rochester with a Holly. An automatically choice for performance improvement.
Will be doing other track day upgrades on this bike, have a fiberglass one piece tail and seat unit (94-95 Yoshimura Superbike), and headlight panel on order from Airtech.

The slides, nozzles and needles wear out on the GSXR carbs. Are these the same design, with the same issues? Chef166 has set up 2 sets of GSXR carb sets for me. Check with webike in Japan on new carb prices. When they go on sale the prices are very competitive with Sudco.

 

[Guest]

Very nice looking bike.

 

[Carter Turk]

I've replaced the emulsion tubes 3 times since 2002 at $90 for a set of 4. Factory makes replacements tubes and what about the O-rings?
I have a list of all the various sizes needed for 36mm slingshots if you want them. Mine were all cracked smashed.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

I've replaced the emulsion tubes 3 times since 2002 at $90 for a set of 4. Factory makes replacements tubes and what about the O-rings?
I have a list of all the various sizes needed for 36mm slingshots if you want them. Mine were all cracked smashed.

I thought about emulsion tube wear. In the book they're called the needle jets.
This wear kinda discourages me from buying used carbs, because the restoration/rebuild cost does add up. But keeping the original parts is kinda cool.

 

[Baatfam]

Cell phone problems....Love my old HTC M9...great phone. 3-4 years old now, but still does what I need.
Anyway, the rear case got damage, and the power button would stick in.
Now this is one of the new cameras, that the back is not supposed to be removed. But the internet provided.

Got it apart, pushed the plastic back in place, seems free. Put the back on, and good to go.
Once I get my outer, protective case back on, it should be good for a while.

 

[Big T]

I started cleaning the garage for the first time in years, and after moving, sweeping and tossing things around, I realized my 79 project bike had been neglected too long.
So, into the ultrasonic the 29 SB rack went, piece by piece.

 

[Big T]

Then ,I pulled the carb boots and into the mint oil they went

 

[TowPilot]

Finally got around to starting up my 1980 1000G again. Only one cylinder would fire up. Pulled the carbs and they were clogged up with this black, crystal like substance. cleaned up the secondaries, emulsion tubes and fired right up. Need to do a better job if I plan on storing the bike for a while. Hopefully it warms up again!

 

[Redman]

How long had it been sitting?
3 years?

Wonder what the black crystal stuff was? O-rings reformed?

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Finally got around to starting up my 1980 1000G again. Only one cylinder would fire up. Pulled the carbs and they were clogged up with this black, crystal like substance. cleaned up the secondaries, emulsion tubes and fired right up. Need to do a better job if I plan on storing the bike for a while. Hopefully it warms up again!

If you're gonna put a bike away for some time, drain the carbs.

 

[steve murdoch]

Swapping engines in my Honda.
These pigs weigh in the 220 lbs. range.

 

[Guest]

Swapping engines in my Honda.
These pigs weigh in the 220 lbs. range.

Those pictures look like they were taken in your living room! Your bikes have it good. Does your wife know about this?

 

[Buffalo Bill]

His wife is an android, he built her himself. Sure does a wonderful job cleaning dust too.
He got that idea from Star Trek 1.

 

[Guest]

Swapping engines in my Honda.
These pigs weigh in the 220 lbs. range.

Cool, a CBX with a single sided swing arm. Yummy.

 

[steve murdoch]

An old story but when the ex-wife moved her stuff out i just left the loading ramp in the same spot and moved the bikes in. lol.
Besides, there is no heat in the garage and soon enough it will look like this.

 

[Dogma]

Getting ready for the multi-material upgrade

Getting ready for the multi-material upgrade

The multi-material upgrade is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, including some upgraded parts for the extruder itself. Once this is up and running, I should be able to automatically select from up to 5 different filaments, including a water-soluble support material I'm excited to try. I'm tired of being limited by print support issues.

I'll have to figure out later how to integrate it into the heated chamber (needed for ABS or polycarbonate prints of any decent size).

 

[dorkburger]

Got a snowblower on long term loan from my father in law. He can't handle it anymore, and despite my repeated offering to do their place, he is hiring a service. My wife asked him if we can use it.
It's still new enough to have all of the shiny paint on the augers, etc, but it's seen little use in the last couple years. The gas tank was dry and funky smelling, it leaked oil and had a leaky tire. I figured I'd be ahead of the game by giving it a going over now.
He carb had bad gas, but thankfully no crud, and the oil leak was from a loose nipple for the drain extension.
The tire was leaking from the bead which was rusty. I popped the beads, sanded and painted them.
After reseating the tire it had a tiny leak. A couple of well placed hits to the tire with a hammer seems to have sealed it.

Is started and ran good. Then I took off the gas cap to top it off and placed it on the nearest convenient flat surface, which happened to be the muffler and melted it. Nice..... it's still useable....

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Eat some shrooms, drink some ale, WHAT HAPPEND???

Eat some shrooms, drink some ale, WHAT HAPPEND???

LOL how did this happen????
Looks like I wanna do a valve job, plus some port and polish… :saturn: