FeckityFeck Posted June 29, 2020 Posted June 29, 2020 Inherited my father’s pride and joy last year but due to his deterioration he never got round to making the old girl run as smooth as she could. She always pulled hard on full throttle but at tick over she would sometime cut out. Carbs have been stripped and issue identified, broken and logged pilot mixture screw tip OR the “pilot air screw” as per the book. I have been able to remove the broken tip and clear the hole….phew! Makes sense at this time to purchase a carb repair kit, however, I cannot locate a kit which comes with the correct screw(s). Every kit I look at the screw appears to be of a different shape. Attached are the removed screws and their naughty tips! Here is what I think I need. The shape matches that of the non-broken screw in my pic. https://www.Eblag.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GS750-GS850-GS1000-MIKUNI-FUEL-MIXTURE-SCREW-KAWASAKI-PILOT-MIXTURE-SCREW/123104873696 This carb kit doesn’t match the screw shapes I need https://www.Eblag.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-GS-1000-1978-1979-Keyster-Carb-Carburettor-Rebuild-Kit/113852410760 Anyone had this issue? Any one got tips? Do I need to purchase the carb kit and then the screw separately? Thanks in advance Quote
CockneyRick Posted June 29, 2020 Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) I was about to say ones for VM26s & other for CVs but your bike has 26s on? The "kit" should be for your carbs, so not sure where that goes wrong? Unless the screws that have broke (3 of them?) are wrong for carbs & that's why they broke, just too pointy? Edited June 29, 2020 by CockneyRick Quote
FeckityFeck Posted June 30, 2020 Author Posted June 30, 2020 Hi CockneyRick Thanks for the reply. You would think that this kit would be the right one but on appearence the pilot screw looks to be different. I have attached photos from the original manual which shows the pointy ones (#2) and when you cross reference this from the kit it doesn't compare, this makes me question the kits I'm looking at, the all look like this? I'm wondering if anyone on here has the same carbs and have experience in this area? Quote
CockneyRick Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 I have CVs on mine, i can remove one & take pic if you like? Quote
FeckityFeck Posted June 30, 2020 Author Posted June 30, 2020 I'm on the roundside vm26ss so may not be the same? It's a real nice offer but wouldnt want you going through all the trouble stripping down and having to replace gaskets and stuff. Do you know of a carb expert that can be contacted? Quote
Wee Man Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 Try Allen's Performance http://www.allensperformance.co.uk Quote
CockneyRick Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 46 minutes ago, FeckityFeck said: I'm on the roundside vm26ss so may not be the same? It's a real nice offer but wouldnt want you going through all the trouble stripping down and having to replace gaskets and stuff. Do you know of a carb expert that can be contacted? Already off the bike, i'll do it in a bit Quote
FeckityFeck Posted June 30, 2020 Author Posted June 30, 2020 Cheers, good shout, will give them a call and report back 1 Quote
FeckityFeck Posted June 30, 2020 Author Posted June 30, 2020 Just now, CockneyRick said: Already off the bike, i'll do it in a bit Cheers CockneyRick, would be good to see Quote
CockneyRick Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) CV34s & as far as i'm aware this is a std needle. Only has spring/washer/O ring at the tip end Edited June 30, 2020 by CockneyRick Quote
CockneyRick Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 You def want the ones that are in 1st link. 1 Quote
gs7_11 Posted July 1, 2020 Posted July 1, 2020 Correct, they should be pointy. Make sure the holes are clear and the tips aren't broken off and blocking them. Quote
FeckityFeck Posted July 1, 2020 Author Posted July 1, 2020 2 hours ago, gs7_11 said: Correct, they should be pointy. Make sure the holes are clear and the tips aren't broken off and blocking them. I have been able to clear the broken tips and nothing is blocking them Quote
FeckityFeck Posted July 1, 2020 Author Posted July 1, 2020 So, update! Have found the correct kit https://nrp-carbs.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=153&search=gs1000&page=2 However, these are for a UK VM28 and I am running US VM26. They do have the VM26 on their site but they are "out of stock"! I would presume the internals are exactly the same with just the difference being the carb bore? Quote
FeckityFeck Posted July 1, 2020 Author Posted July 1, 2020 On 6/30/2020 at 10:45 AM, Wee Man said: Try Allen's Performance http://www.allensperformance.co.uk Went to Allens Performance who sent me to Robinsons Founder who sent me NRP. Got there in the end ;-) 3 Quote
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