Carb fitting.
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Carb fitting.
Re built top end and fitted ev27, all went well and went for a run last Sunday. Funny sound from top end, like a scraping noise. Had bike striped again in my mind thinking a ring had broke or something, but bike ran great except for spitting and f**ting and scraping sound.
Got home and had a good listen. Definitely from top end so decided to spray intake manifold with wd40. Sound goes and bike sounds better, cool simple, (well more simple than a top end strip).
Took carb, S&S, off and discovered that the flange on rear cylinder had broken, I will put up hand and say I screwed up and must have over tightened bolts.
Now at last a question.
In the S&S instructions it says to fit manifold and bolts but do not tighten fully, fit carb and fit air filter backing plate then tighten manifold bolts.
How the hell do you get at them?????????
It is hard enough to get an alan key in with carb etc off, but with all fitted!!!!!!! Is there a special tool?
Thanks.
Tony.
Got home and had a good listen. Definitely from top end so decided to spray intake manifold with wd40. Sound goes and bike sounds better, cool simple, (well more simple than a top end strip).
Took carb, S&S, off and discovered that the flange on rear cylinder had broken, I will put up hand and say I screwed up and must have over tightened bolts.
Now at last a question.
In the S&S instructions it says to fit manifold and bolts but do not tighten fully, fit carb and fit air filter backing plate then tighten manifold bolts.
How the hell do you get at them?????????
It is hard enough to get an alan key in with carb etc off, but with all fitted!!!!!!! Is there a special tool?
Thanks.
Tony.
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I cut a 3/8 long piece of a 1/4 inch allen wrench. I use a pair of tweezers to place the "little" wrench into the screw head, then tighten the assembly with a 1/4 inch open end wrench.
It sounds screwy, but it works.
It sounds screwy, but it works.
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Smokey.
Thanks for help people.
Fitted carb to-day using Bikerlaw's stubby allen key idea and just took my time. Seems to have worked ok as there seems to be no leaks.
Bike runs and ticks over great, but, (always a damn 'but'), while ticking over she seems to be very smoky, about same from both exhausts, but when running is ok.
Would this be "normal" until things bed in, or.........(I hate to think).
Tony
Fitted carb to-day using Bikerlaw's stubby allen key idea and just took my time. Seems to have worked ok as there seems to be no leaks.
Bike runs and ticks over great, but, (always a damn 'but'), while ticking over she seems to be very smoky, about same from both exhausts, but when running is ok.
Would this be "normal" until things bed in, or.........(I hate to think).
Tony
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Conteniental speak for turning over with the starter.
Last edited by miacycles; Mar 7, 2011 at 01:47 PM.
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Hi Mia,not sure if thats what "ticking over" means in Europe but in the UK it means engine running without revving ie.....after starting,once engine is heated/warmed to its normal operating temperature,the engine is running (without choke),or use of throttle. we say "ticking over".
Cheers,Bungo.
Cheers,Bungo.
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You worder it better than I did. You actually said what I meant. I've heard lots of you guys use the term when they started their bikes and they were setting there. Thanks for the correction.