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Removal procedure - need help
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Do I need to pull the carbs at the engine intake to get the airbox off?
I know I could figure this out myself eventually, but I figured I'm missing something entirely.
1983 KZ750-F1 LTD - 8000 miles - 2/2015 - Head gasket time!
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One other note - assuming the carb holder screws are the original cross headed screws when trying to unbolt the carb holders from the cylinder head DO NOT EVEN TRY TO USE A PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER! Use a JIS screwdriver tip, but FIRST soak the screws with Kroil for a couple days. If you do this you will not have a problem removing the carb holder screws. If you ignore this advice you WILL have a problem. Here's is additional info (see TOOLS section and the link it provides in the link below). Ed
kzrider.com/forum/10-new-members/589649-...r-savannah-ga#594587
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To reply to Ed, the previous owner replaced most of the JIS screws on my bike with allen screws. The carb holders all the way down to the float bowls are all allen heads. I also have the FSM for F1 lTD/Spectre but it wasn't really clear on the carb removal. It just said to remove airbox and then the carbs. To me this meant to remove the airbox from the bike.
My low rpm range from idle to 3k is full of misses and struggles for a bit before progressing . I'm going to level the floats, clean the pilot circuits, and re-sync the carbs. I'm hoping this also gets rid of the loud chatter within the engine at idle.
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When I pull the carbs, I'll have a look at the chain tensioner as well.
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The rattling may very well just be a carb sync issue. Also, what rpm is the idle set to? Ed
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83KZ750LTD wrote: I've read the stories here about the tensioner woes. I'll be following the manual closely. As for the idle, mine is set to under 1K - probably within the 8-900 range. When I bring the idle equal to or beyond 1k, the noise disappears.
In that case you are finished and your bike is fine. The specification for the idle speed on the KZ750 is 1000-1100 rpm. Setting the idle lower than that will cause rattling and may also reduce the oil pressure too low. Ed
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