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10 Mar 2023 19:26 #881366 by ffltstn
Carb Idle tool was created by ffltstn
I have  '82 KZ1000J, When syncing the carbs the screw is held in place with a 3/8" nut.
What are you using to hold and tighten that nut? Special tool? Crowfoot? 

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10 Mar 2023 19:33 - 11 Mar 2023 09:06 #881367 by Nessism
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11 Mar 2023 08:44 #881375 by TexasKZ
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The tool at the link says 8 mm.

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11 Mar 2023 09:05 #881378 by Nessism
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The tool at the link says 8 mm.
Thanks for the correction!  Yes, it's 8mm.  Sorry.

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11 Mar 2023 11:36 - 11 Mar 2023 11:37 #881381 by Cra-z1
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This is what I use. You do need to use an auxiliary tank however.

www.saber-cycle.com/Carburetor-Adjusting-Tool_p_1445.html
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11 Mar 2023 14:41 #881388 by Wookie58
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I never knew they were so cheap, when I had my Harris (many years ago before the Internet) I made one by welding a cheap 1/4 drive socket to a bent piece of 6mm rod and passed a screw driver through the socket 

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11 Mar 2023 17:15 #881393 by TexasKZ
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The tool at the link says 8 mm.
Thanks for the correction!  Yes, it's 8mm.  Sorry.
No worries, 10mm is darned close to 3/8 inch.

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11 Mar 2023 17:28 #881394 by ffltstn
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OK thanks everyone. didn't know they made such a tool. I get a new toy!!

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'95 Voyager XII
'98 Vulcan 750

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11 Mar 2023 19:58 #881397 by Mikaw
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Not the save all you might think, at least on my Big fours, the upper frame rail position will not allow you to get straight on the adjuster of carb 2 & 3. I use a stubby screwdriver and an m8 wrench. I have the one Cra-z1 posted

 

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12 Mar 2023 07:00 #881401 by slmjim+Z1BEBE
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This is what I use. You do need to use an auxiliary tank however.

www.saber-cycle.com/Carburetor-Adjusting-Tool_p_1445.html
 
Same one we use.  Cane from Motion Pro many years ago. Aux tank and a big floor fan completes the stationary tuning setup.

Mama Kaw offered a Z1-specific, VM28SC carb sync tool (PN# 57001-120) individually, that was also part of the Z1 shop tool set that enables the stock tank to be in place while syncing Z1 carbs.  The convenience of being able to do so is somewhat offset by the notable discomfort of working in very close proximity to the hot intake cam cover.  We've seldom used it since obtaining the tool like Cra-z1 linked to.  Mechanic's gloves help.

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