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carb rebuild kits...what's included

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Two newbie questions:

1. What is included, or better yet, NOT included, in a carburetor rebuild kit that I will have to purchase in addition to the kit.

2. Suggestion on who offers the best rebuild kits for '83 Suzuki 1100G?

Thanks for the info.
 
Those are both good sources for kits. K&L and Keyster seem to be popular, but verify all the parts. Some kits cover several years even though the jetting changed slightly during that time, so what's in the kits might be different than what's in the carb now.

You don't necessarily need to get kits. If you have the time, I would wait until you have them apart and see what you really need. As much as possible you should reuse the original metal parts in the carbs - jets, mixture screws, needles and seats, springs, etc. The OEM parts are usually higher quality. Even the top and bowl gaskets can be reused if they're not too old, but you probably want to start with fresh ones.

If you are in more of a hurry you could get one or two kits ahead of time so you have a few replacement parts on hand if you need them.

All the o-rings should be replaced and some are not included in the kits. www.cycleorings.com is an excellect source. They are very reasonably priced, high quality, the right size and clearly labeled.

You will also need at least 1 can of spray carb cleaner and possibly a gallon can of dip - Berrymans is popular - if they're really dirty, although I've found the spray carb cleaner seems to be stronger and works very well, but the dip is good if they're really gummy and need to soak to get all the inner passages.

Also it's a good time to replace the o-rings on the rubber manifolds between the carb and the head.

Look in the garage section of GS Resources for the write-up on cleaning carbs it's very thorough. Also I would do a few searches in the tech section, there have been a lot of discussions about rebuilding carbs.

Hope that helps - good luck.
 
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