Anyone know the float hight for XJ900 carbs ?
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From: BORG on 23 Jul 2006 21:48 Only got a downloaded manual and it show the clear tube method. Anyone know what the float height using a ruler is ? thanks XJ900 pre Divy carbs -- www.ratrodz.co.uk XJ900 Trike GS850 Trike obet(a)jryfutbi.pb.hx [Rot 13 it] Some people are like slinkys.... no real use but it makes you smile when they fall down stairs!
From: Mark Olson on 23 Jul 2006 22:02 BORG wrote: > Only got a downloaded manual and it show the clear tube method. > > Anyone know what the float height using a ruler is ? > > thanks > > XJ900 pre Divy carbs You tell us, since you've got the carbs and you've got the specs for how to set them _exactly_ to the correct fuel level, rather than approximately by setting the float level. -- '01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13 '81 CM400T OMF #7
From: BORG on 24 Jul 2006 09:42 On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:02:39 -0500, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.net> wrote: >BORG wrote: >> Only got a downloaded manual and it show the clear tube method. >> >> Anyone know what the float height using a ruler is ? >> >> thanks >> >> XJ900 pre Divy carbs > >You tell us, since you've got the carbs and you've got the specs >for how to set them _exactly_ to the correct fuel level, rather >than approximately by setting the float level. you use a ruler and measure from the seating of the float bowl to the top of the float, Its the same setting as using the clear pipe method except the pipe method assumes the carbs are on the bike and the bike is running. You have to remove the carbs and adjust each time, with the ruler method you don't. But then if you knew what you was on about you would of course know this. -- www.ratrodz.co.uk XJ900 Trike GS850 Trike obet(a)jryfutbi.pb.hx [Rot 13 it] Some people are like slinkys.... no real use but it makes you smile when they fall down stairs!
From: steve auvache on 24 Jul 2006 12:05 BORG wrote >Only got a downloaded manual and it show the clear tube method. > >Anyone know what the float height using a ruler is ? I'm with the Spik on this one. Unless you are confident a previous owner has had at them and adjusted it all badly then leave well alone. It is a nightmare to get right if you don't get it right first time. Trust me on this. Especially if said previous owner has done more than just bodge the float heights. -- steve auvache i rate dates
From: ChrisDC on 24 Jul 2006 15:02
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 02:48:12 +0100, BORG <Borg(a)deadspam.com> wrote: >Only got a downloaded manual and it show the clear tube method. > >Anyone know what the float height using a ruler is ? > >thanks > >XJ900 pre Divy carbs Then get a bit of clear pipe and use it. Screenwasher pipe is cheap and would be OK short-term. I'm sure you can bodge a screw-in adapter for it. BTW, if you are thinking of balancing the carbs, you do need to blank off the linking passageways in the inlet manifold. They can't be synchronised properly without this. There is a Yamaha tool that cost about 20 when I bought one, but that was in 1992. An alternative is to find some non-reinforced tubing that just fits in the cross-passage, feed it through, then expand it either by compressing the ends inwards or block one end and pump up the other so that it seals properly and isolates the inlet tracts. Good luck -- Chris VN1500-j1 (Gertrude) Twice the fun at half the speed. chris.desclayes at ffcc dot powernet dot co dot uk But minus one "f" |