| mikumi carbs [message #466538] |
Tue, 04 October 2005 20:46 |
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Thanks for the replys some great info there sorry I havent been back on
so soon I seem to have a very bad cold,so work on the bike is on hold
still loads to read up on though.....
krusty kritter Wrote:
> . wrote:-
> Here you go, from when I got the carbs from a bike that had sat
> outside for
> a few years without being touched, to a complete clean/rebuild:
>
> http://show.imagehosting.us/show/742903/0/nouser_742/T0_-1_7 42903.JPG
> http://show.imagehosting.us/show/742912/0/nouser_742/T0_-1_7 42912.JPG
> http://show.imagehosting.us/show/742917/0/nouser_742/T0_-1_7 42917.JPG
> http://show.imagehosting.us/show/742924/0/nouser_742/T0_-1_7 42924.JPG
> http://show.imagehosting.us/show/742936/0/nouser_742/T0_-1_7 42936.JPG
> http://show.imagehosting.us/show/742940/0/nouser_742/T0_-1_7 42940.JPG
>
> I realize that they do not show this screw on any parts fische because
> I
> have had to replace one and only certain rebuild kits contain this
> screw.-
>
> Your pictures don't actually *show* the screw installed, and whether
> it's externally accessible with the float bowl still installed. I
> found
> *one* message on Usenet where an owner asked about a mixture screw
> that
> was *inside* the float bowl. Nobody answered that message, either
> nobody knew the answer, or nobody was interested enough to reply.
> -
> My point is that next time, instead of just simply stating that the
> screw
> doesn't exist because you can't find it on a fische, realize that
> maybe it
> is something that you don't know about and shouldn't be giving someone
> false
> information. Maybe it's possible that since the screw was supposed to
> be
> capped from the factory due to emissions requirements, Suzuki chose to
> not
> show them on any parts fisches/lists. Who knows. But it sure exists
> and your
> post would have just further baffled the original poster if there
> wasn't any
> clarification.-
>
> False information? Why would I intentionally give somebody false
> information?
> Why do you even accuse me of giving false information after I went out
> of my way
> to help somebody who asked for information? I asked the OP for more
> information
> about what screws he was turning, and I got a rude response from *you*
> instead.
>
> All information is "good" information, but sometimes it's not the
> information the questioner is looking for. Maybe learning that there
> was an oddball slidevalve carburetor with fuel mixture screws in the
> float bowls will help somebody else what owns a 28 year old motorbike.
>
> Now I've seen *two* kinds of slide valve carbs with mixture screws
> that
> might be called "gas screws". Mikuni radial flatslide carbs also use
> "fuel air screws" instead of "pilot air screws".
>
> But there's no need to be so nasty about it. You actually went through
> all that trouble just to prove that krusty kritter was wrong about
> something. You had to
> digitally alter an image just to prove it. What was *so* important
> that
> you had to do *that*?
>
> Why couldn't you just say, "No, there was *one* year of GS750's that
> had a pilot gas screw, here is a picture."?
>
> The parts fiches on www.partfish.com and www.bikebandit.com do not
> include the 1977 GS750B carburetor, they show the 1978 GS750C carb and
> go from there.
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spud
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