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Mar 31, 2007 | 10:48 PM

iasporty

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Rejet tips

I have been reading up on rejetting but was just wondering if theres any lil tricks that people have learned from doing it that i might not have read yet. have never done anything like this so any insight is appreciated.

Apr 1, 2007 | 12:14 AM

fogcity123

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RE: Rejet tips

I had never done it either before I did my stage 1. Real easy: once you take the bowl (the bottom) off the carb, and you have the new jet in your hand, it will be obvious where it goes (and then it's just lefty loosey righty tighty). The 2nd time I changed the pilot, I didn't even need to remove the air filter or carb - just layed down, looked up and did it.

Apr 1, 2007 | 08:34 AM

davidc

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RE: Rejet tips

I did mine a couple of weeks ago, and the instuctions you read about it can make it seem harder than it really is. I took the carb off makes drilling out the idle mixture screw plug easyer to drill out. Also it is easyer to unscrew the bowel screws with the carb off the bike. Otherwise the only tips can give is tape off pipes and rocker covers off with blue masking tape so you scatch anything while working. You need a deep 9/16" socket with a with a reduced wall thickness to remove the breather bolts. I got a set of these sockets a Sears for 20$ without them you could strip the heads of the breather bolts.

Apr 1, 2007 | 10:40 AM

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RE: Rejet tips

I was able to do the whole job without removing the carb.Just took off fuel line a/c and bracket and tilted carb.Have a good drill bit to drill out idle mixture screw plug and replace the phillips screws with allen head ones.If you strip the phillips screws dont panic just use a small pair of visegrips to crack them lose.Other wise just follow the instructions in the tech section.

Apr 1, 2007 | 11:19 AM

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RE: Rejet tips

You can do it. I had never done anytype of carb work, and was quite intimidated with the idea. Especially when I started at the carb with a drill. Just follow the directions.

Here are a couple of really good links for instructions on both carb turning and carb jetting.

http://www.harley-performance.com/ha...arburetor.html

http://www.harley-performance.com/ha...r-jetting.html

Apr 1, 2007 | 11:54 AM

CaptEvo

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RE: Rejet tips

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I was able to do the whole job without removing the carb.Just took off fuel line a/c and bracket and tilted carb.Have a good drill bit to drill out idle mixture screw plug and replace the phillips screws with allen head ones.If you strip the phillips screws dont panic just use a small pair of visegrips to crack them lose.Other wise just follow the instructions in the tech section.

Could you post what size those allen head replacements are. I always seem to have a problem with trying to find the right replacement numbers. (Torx heads to allen heads for example)

Apr 1, 2007 | 07:16 PM

RICHE

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Sorry I dont know what size the bolts are.I went out to my garage to find out what size they were useing my tap and die set but my set didnt go down that small.I bought my jet kit from sorgys and it came with the allen head bolts.Im not sure were you live but if theres a sears hardware nearby you could match it up yourself, thats what I would have done or take it down to a hardware store and have them match it up.