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I recently bought a '82 GPZ 550 with the TK-22 carbs and I'm trying to get the correct mounting flanges for the carb but I'm finding multiple parts numbers.
These are what I find
16065-1051
16065-1014 w/nipple
16065-1037
and while they all look the same, I'm unsure what the differences are. Aside from the one with the vacuum nipple, of course.
Are these pretty interchangeable with other years of GPZ/KZ550??
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The 1981 Kz550D1 (dual-shock gpz) originally came with the Tk22 carbs.
The intake manifolds for those carbs are not interchangeable.
As per the other thread going right now, you can put Tk22 carbs onto the Kz550H motor using Tk22 manifolds, but that is a modification and requires some cutting etc.
www.kzrider.com/forum/3-carburetor/606823-tk-22-on-a4-engine
The Tk22 manifolds came with vacuum ports, and are required fro proper syncing and vacuum petcock operation.
The Tk26 carbs had the vacuum ports on the actual carbs themselves.
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The 82 should come with CV carbs not the mechanical slide carbs - so make sure you are sure of the carbs you have. If they are the earlier carbs, they should match the link above.
If so, then the 16065-1014 carb holders are correct.
We stock the genuine and aftermarket versions (and the aftermarket is identical as it is made by the company that makes them for Kawasaki)
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Jeff.Saunders wrote: KZ550 carbs
The 82 should come with CV carbs not the mechanical slide carbs - so make sure you are sure of the carbs you have. If they are the earlier carbs, they should match the link above.
If so, then the 16065-1014 carb holders are correct.
We stock the genuine and aftermarket versions (and the aftermarket is identical as it is made by the company that makes them for Kawasaki)
loudhvx is correct, I have the TK26 carbs then. I pulled them off, took them apart, reset the float level, etc and saw the TK. Googled it and found the 22 first lol, my apologies.
Jeff, I;m pretty sure it's an 82. definitely monoshock, bikini fairing, however the title says 1983. But the 83 came with CV carbs, right?
At any rate, TK26 is what I've got lol
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This is exactly how my carbs look, which is why I assumed that they were the TK-22
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Nessism wrote: Do you have some calipers? Measure the ID at the outlet port?
Yeah I can do when I get home, I'm at work for a lil while longer.
@Scirocco yeah that's basically a spittin image of what I'm working with
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If you are keeping the carbs with that bike, and you need new manifolds, you should look into that link I posted above. Mcren is doing the exact thing you will be doing.
As a side note, the Tk22 airbox won't fit the 82/83 frame, and the Tk26 airbox boots are too big for the Tk22. I suppose there may be some sort of fabrication that could allow for the Tk22 to use the Tk26 airbox, but I haven't looked into it.
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