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550 carb controversy

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So my experience is that to Canada would be around 15 to 20 bucks. I can run over to the storage unit right after work and get stuff out and snap pics if you want. If the internal hard parts arent broke or missing there isnt any need to ever buy "kits". Waste of money and too expensive for the 1 or 2 things youll actually use.

You get the VM oring kit from Robertbarr here on the forum and the needles and bowl gaskets and yu should have everything to rebuild a set. Inventory what you do have as far as are the pilot jets all there? All 4 floats and float needles? All 4 main jets and emulsion tubes??? PM me and let me know so I can be sure to get as much of what you need gathered.

Heres Roberts website. 1 kit does all 4 carbs. He also has the intake boot rings. Measure the inside diameter of the orings groove to be sure to get the correct size.

http://cycleorings.com/
 
Maybe shipping will be less if you send just the bodies. I cleaned all of the brass and cut new gaskets weeks ago already. I've been at an impasse ever since. The bike's in limbo.:)
 
Those carbs could be from a Kawasaki z650/kz650. They are most likely vm24, I tried a set on a 78 gs550 mounted on a Suzuki rack mount but gave up trying to tune them
 
I've just compared inlet and outlet bores and they're the same on both sets so that's a positive sign; now to swap racks. If I ever find out why 2 GS550s in Saskatchewan have a different spacing than those in the rest of the world, I'll let everyone here know.;)
Thanks again Chuck, and I'll keep you posted.
 
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