Member Contributer rangemaster Posted February 5, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 5, 2017 Rats. Smelled gas in the garage, small spot under the bike. Pulled the plastics, fired it up and saw gas squirting out of where the fuel tube goes into the right front carb. Anybody got any advice for splitting the the carbs off the plenum? Looks like I can leave one side on adjust pull two of them. Any hints welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer COS_VFR Posted February 5, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 5, 2017 I have split the carbs a couple of times and the main problem with splitting them is you have to synchronize the carbs afterward. Reaching the sync screws after everything is back together can be pain in the a**, so I get them sync'd as close as possible on the bench To sync the carbs on the bench, I get the smallest drill I have ( usually 1/16 in) and use the shank of the drill as a gauge, I use the throttle stop to set the reference carb to the drill shank, Then sync the other carbs to reference using the shank of the drill as a gauge. Once the carbs are back on the bike they are very close to being in sync and take very little time to finish. Also if you are going to the trouble of spitting the carbs I would replace all of the Orings and fuel lines between the carbs. - Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer rangemaster Posted February 5, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 5, 2017 Thanks Gordon, I've sync'd 'em on the bike several times with a Morgan Carbtune-great piece of gear. I will definitely do the bench sync before they go back on. So how brittle were your fuel tubes? I found some stainless replacements that they are very ($) proud of. Do you have any recommendations for a parts source? It's 60+ degrees here this week and it kills me not to be able to ride. - Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer COS_VFR Posted February 5, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 5, 2017 The plastic tubes on my '96 did not feel brittle but the two rubber hoses were very hard and I replaced them when along with the Orings on all three plastic Tees. I looked at a local hardware store that has a good selection of Metric Orings, but none of them were the right size. I sourced my parts from Partzilla but the two short rubber hoses are listed as obsolete. After trying some generic fuel line, bought the rubber hoses for a 2003 Magna (VF750C2). Looked the same, but had a different part number. -Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer gll429 Posted February 6, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 6, 2017 put "seal all " on the leak.. wait an hour.. go riding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluRoad Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Here's how I do it on '86-93s.... http://v4dreams.com/1/post/2016/05/fuel-joint-o-ring-installation-a-tutorial.html Joe in IL V4 Dreams (dot com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer FromMaine Posted March 19, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted March 19, 2017 BluRoad: Thank you, that was a complete Tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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