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Problem installing carbs. Which is the best way?
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Anyone have any tips? Also: am I supposed to pop them in on the engine side first or airbox side?
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1976 Kz900
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1975 Z1b-900
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Then attach the airbox hoses.
Could also use new soft pliable make-it-fun air box hoses (probably available from Z1E).
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Try heating the rubber manifolds with a heat gun first.
Then spray them with lube, then really push them in hard. it takes alot of umpyh!!!! to get them on!
If that don't work try it again, HARDER!
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Starts everytime!
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On the 550's, I line up the carbs so the airbox ends just start to go in first, with the engine side of the carbs just above or just below the intake manifolds (can't remember which way works better). Then sitting on the bike, I put my feet on the alternator cover and ignition cover, then I pull back on the carbs which makes the airbox boots collapse a little. Make sure all stay in place. The airbox will move back slightly too. This will give just enough room to nose the engine side of the carbs into the rubbers.
I replaced all the bowl screws with stainless allens, make sure each jet is put in with a tiny bit of antiseize, put some antiseize on the bowl gaskets, and this allows me to change jets and clean bowls without ever taking the carbs off the bike. You just need some short allens and screwdrivers.
Over the years I made a few. The knurled-knob one is a must. So is the short screwdriver. Notice the bottoms are pointy so you can control them with a fingertip, and rotate them on the point.
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Alright, Patton. Nobody else asked so I will. What the heck is a vampire stake? Is it like a henweigh or a grecian urn? Just wondering.
Sorry --- meaning just a cheap wood 1x2 plant stake long enough to fit behind the carbs and used as a lever to press the carb rack fully into the carb holders.
A length of paneling stud or large wooden dowel should serve lever duty just as well.
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I put the bike in gear on it's side stand, chock the front wheel, sit on the bike with feet on the floor and put the palm of my hands on carb 1 and 4 and push forward, with a bit of up and down movement if they don't just pop in.
Has served me well for years.
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