Have you been pushing your mechanics too much?
Or... are they your supervisors, and been driven to ... by their mechanic?

They seems exhausted!


You did install a new oil-pump?

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1/20/11 update

Got seal puller in the mail today so I can get that seal out of the trans.....if it doesn't work I'll use the same method as the RMS. Although some folks believe this to be a poor method of removal, those same folks are cynical of seeing too many botch jobs. If care is taken, this technique works as good as any method. The key is to be careful :deal Unfortunately the seal puller is umm, massive should be the word....so will use the tried and true method of the screw.

-The driveshaft shaft tool came from JRP. Nice tool that makes an otherwise impossible task very easy. Took a couple minutes and she was apart. I fashioned up some caps for the ends as it tried to run away in shipping. I also took some measurements should I want to make one myself.


I pulled the carbs apart today as well. Boy there are a ton of pieces, and the rings are in tough shape. A lot of crap hiding inside and also evidence that the butterfly rings have NEVER been done as the screws are still peened.





In other news, WA rider was generous enough to send me his old R100GS sidestand to help with the increased height of the bike and saved me the trouble and expense of getting my R80g/s one lengthened and coated. Thank you so much

Will probably transfer the carbs to the Yurt after dipping and thorough rinsing, I need to rebuild them and the cold temps in the shed will probably wreak havoc on the rubber seals if done down there. My wife wil be thrilled as i rebuild them at the kitchen table.

Got done with the cancer-dip..err berrymans chemdip. Great stuff, 20min in the can all the grime was falling off of the carbs. A tooth brush helped, though the bristles started falling out 3/4 of the way down. I also went through 2 sets of gloves as they kept dissolving. :eek1

Now I have the carbs in about 100 pieces.....time to rebuild and figure out how to put back together. :huh

You should invest in a small ultrasound cleaner... it'll do a much better job and it will clean all the galleries where your toothbrush cant reach... and your cancer-dip wont
See this: carburation

Cheers,
John

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1/21/11 update

I'd love a sonic cleaner but for the little I'd use it not really worth it. Would do a better job though

14" of snow today, so decided to drag the bag'o'carbs to the yurt and assemble them there at the kitchen table next to the wood stove.

Not as bad as I expected regarding reassembly. I just laid the parts out in categories and worked from there. I dremmeled the peened end of the screws down and salvaged the shafts. The rubber was absolute toast and fell apart taking them off. The diaphragms are salvageable for spares. I still need new jets/needle and needle valve, but that's a 1/2 hour at most. I also noticed that one choke housing was all carboned up...not sure why, but's it's clean now.

Easy job, took about 5 hours total, just needed to be methodical.

On the AFTER photos, I mixed up the throttle spring holder between carbs.....it's been fixed


Before:



After:



Progress:






Done


Now how to figure out how to tune these damn things...

1/22/11 update

Not feeling well today so didn't do much. I went over the carbs once more and found that I had installed my enricher doohicky backwards (highly technical term). Fixed that, set the mixture screw out 1 turn, and called it good.

Currently trying to deal with a guy who is super slow and sending my my omega system, r100gs front wheel and rear rack....hopefully someday

If you have not already got it buy the Bing Carburetors manual (about £10.00 in the UK) but as its a U.S. printed manual should be easy and cheaper to get hold of. Gives excellent information and the best guide to manually setting up the carbs you can get.

I second your experience with the Bing Manual
Worth every penny/nickle!
Bing Manual

If you get feed-up with the gooey-situation clogging the atomizer, this is how I got rid of that problem:
Carburetors:
http://www.webstruktur.com/svea/board/artik/carb.html

http://www.webstruktur.com/svea/board/artik/carb2.html

Look at the pictures - they tell the full story.

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Albert

Yeah, damn exhausted. They wouldn't even give me a hand torquing the flywheel bolts Considering a pay cut for them....

The fuel pump was well within spec, but did replace the o-ring, cleaned. degreased, loctited the cover threads, and used a smearing of gasket material as well per clymers instructions.