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Thanks, will do

Sounds like a plan, I won't get the chance to have another look til next weekend unfortunately

Looks like it's leaking from where the pipe goes into the carb

As the title suggests, I've got a leak on the BST 36 carbs on my 1200 bandit, from the small metal pipe on No 4 carb by the TPS , only leaks when the bike is running , do I need a repair, or does it mean something is blocked , or new carb ? Thanks In advance

Thanks @Captain Chaos, I've just measured mine at 6.7mm , so I'm totally baffled as to what's causing it

Got a problem with my B12 revving to 6k on tick over and wont settle down, carbs are BST36 , just stripped cleaned and rebuilt with new o rings and float valves etc , I've done a few checks 1 idle adjuster is backed right off 2 butterflies are all closed 3 slides move freely up and down 4 sprayed carb cleaner around, no air leaks as far as I can tell 5 plugs are black, so its running rich 6 disconnected all cables and no changes I've attached a pic of the carb plunger, theres about 5 mm of it still protruding with the choke off and no cable attached, so is that normal, or is something maybe stopping it going fully home

Done the last 4 with halfords engine enamel, not had any problems

Cheers, forgot about YouTube, normally my go to for learning new stuff

What about these 2, do they seal using compression or do i need thread tape ?

Cheers fellas, this is all new territory for me, only info i could find was about cutting the braided hose

When you do a swap for the standard oil cooler and lines, do you need anything to seal the fittings that go into where the banjo bolts would be, as in do they need a copper washer, o ring or thread tape ?

Didn't realise how long ago I posted on this, still beavering away in the background but keep forgetting to take pics, I've just torn down the dry build ready for paint powder and polishing, and I'm in it for WAAAAAAY over the initial 1000 budget, partly due to custom yokes and a change to R1 forks , my assistant mechanic is sadly no longer with me , the big C took her in September last year

Used Halfords on the last 4 engines I've painted too

This any good ?

Its on its way to fat bloke for a stem swap

It's on my list

Yeah I didn't need the stem so I cut it short so it'd fit in the vice, put a huge socket behind it and did it up tight, then put a scaffold pole on the handle and pulled some more Bang! I thought cool it's gone, oh shit no it hasn't . It was a decent vice too, a big old record one I'd had for 20 years

Interesting idea, but I'll send it to Garry to press out and swap over, last time I tried pressing a stem out in my vice I snapped the vice clean in half

Thats the original problem, the r 1 stem is too short for the bandit headstock

All sorted, I'm gonna post it to Garry (fatblokeonbandit) and he's gonna put a B12 stem in for me helpful fellow that he is

Its just something i read years ago on a forum when a stem was too short, cut it ,machine up a slug to fit inside with a step in the middle to space the 2 halves and keep them true then weld it all up

Ahh hadn't even considered that it wasn't steel, cant weld ally anyway. As for making a new stem its only a small basic lathe and i cant cut threads on it

Was just trying to do it in house, I don't have a press but I do have a lathe and a welder , and yes they should fit the slingshot yokes but I wanted the whole deal

I'm looking to put a radial R 1 front end in my bandit project, from what I can see the bandit stem is a bit longer , so I'm wondering about cutting the yam stem and making a slug to space the 2 halves apart then welding it back together, or should I just get a bandit stem and swap it into the yam yokes ?

Lol, I actually bid £350 but no one else bid , I figured I'd throw a grand at it and see what I got, but don't reckon I'm gonna get that high