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At my wit's end with these damn carbs. 95 gpz1100
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Now here's where I'm at: I cannot for the life of me get the float valves to do their job. The valve seats in these damn carbs are pressed into the carb bodies and replacements are completely unavailable. I have tried cleaning up the seats with both brass polish and valve lapping compound; the sealing surfaces look really shiny now but they still don't seal right. I am sick of dicking around with these carbs, smelling like gas, and I'm sick of having an enormous paperweight taking up space in my garage.
Does anyone have any other tricks to clean up the damn valve seats before I go nuclear and order a custom countersink and go to town?
Oh and nobody's selling any on ebay (been checking all summer) so I basically only have one shot at reviving this bike.
Thanks in advance for any/all advice.
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HeavyBurtation wrote: Cool do you have any contact info for Ivan in New York? Maybe PM me?
www.ivansperformanceproducts.com/
1982 KZ1000 LTD parts donor
1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough
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HeavyBurtation wrote: Alright I'm gonna give it one more go with hardwood golf tees and some valve lapping compound, and then finish with brass polish.
Another thing. Be sure the adjusting tangs are level. They shouldn't be on a angle. That way they will cock the needle to one side and cause leaking. Bend the float arms just enough to bring in to adjustment range. The tangs are for fine adjustment ONLY.
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