Carbs Rebuild 0r Replace

So the carbs on my 81 kz550 ltd need work they leak and i havnt been able to get my bike to work. Now I'm not very experienced when it come to carbs. Ive seen carbs for my bike for sale rebuilt and tuned and ready to go. How much would it be to rebuild them and would I have to retune the carbs once theyve been rebuilt. Where would I go to find a rebuilt set of carbs Ive done a little searching with not much luck I figured one of you would know where to find them.

I used to be scared to death of carbs, but I had no choice due to $ but to rebuild mine myself. My best advice is to get an empty egg catron to keep all of the parts separated by carb number. You dont want to mix up parts between carbs. They are actually pretty simple to work on once you get them off of the bike. take digital pics or do some drawings if you have to so you can remember how everything goes back together. Just take your time and be sure to blow out every air and fuel passage really well with carb cleaner after full disassembly. I forgot to take out my air screws the first time i did my carbs had to pull them out and do them all over. Also, check out some of the archive articles on bench syncing and setting the float levels, they helped me out tremendously.Good luck, YOU CAN DO IT!!

P.S. my bike is a 1980 550 LTD

The carb. rebuild kit for your bike is a little under $24 for each carb from Z1.

Link:
www.z1enterprises.com/detail.aspx?ID=476

I used two of their kits today on my bike and they were complet and appear to be of good quality. Most important bike started first kick. :woohoo:

Best of success.

Tore the carbs apart and did them today really not to bad. A lot more intimidating than it actually is.

Those kits are a heck of a deal if they work, and if Z1 sells them I'm sure they do. Just a single piece of the kit will set you back the entire price through Kawasaki.

Rebuild them !!!

But do your homework first.

Have ample time.

Have the space, light, heat tunes and booze.

Shop rags shop rags shop rags.

Egg cartons, hell yea.

Compressed air, (or take the dis-assembled shells in to have them cleaned out by a shop).

Read the threads, and ask questions.

Prepare to be pissed of adjusting the floats...