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Carb synchronizers

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denydog said:
What a coincidence! I'm in the market for a new set of Carb Synchronizers as of yesterday. I just started doing a carb synch with my ancient set of mercury Carb-Sticks, when half the mercury was sucked into the engine. :shock: This never happened before, and I can't figure out what I did differently.

Oh well. I'm open to any type. I remember seeing some recommendations recently. Think I'll try the search function.
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Hehe, that's why I quit using mercury carb sticks. I think some sort of ball valve wears out, and when it does..

*SCHLLLUUUPPPP*
You're draining the oil and hoping nothing is fubar.

Round guages are harder to use, but I spent nearly 10 years in Metrology, I got very good at using guages.
 
Cheap Carb Synchronzers

Cheap Carb Synchronzers

Has anyone ever used a simple vacuum gauge and moved it around from carb to carb to get the same reading at the same RPM? Does it bounce around too much to work?
 
It can be done, but one has to insert an aquarium type air valve in-line and adjust to restrict the vacuum flow to prevent the gauge needle from bouncing around. Also, using one gauge makes the adjustment more difficult as the adjustments all interact in that adjusting one carb changes the readings obtained on the others some.
Takes a lot of patience.
 
Dark Jedi said:
Hehe, that's why I quit using mercury carb sticks. I think some sort of ball valve wears out, and when it does..

*SCHLLLUUUPPPP*
You're draining the oil and hoping nothing is fubar.
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I got some replacement mercury, thanks to a generous fellow GSResources member, and had an easy time this go around.

The simple, ancient, Carb-Stix that I use, have no valves, just four tubes and hoses coming up out of the mercury reservoir. It worked fine this time at an idle speed of 1,200 rpm. Funny thing though, I adjusted the throttle cable to open the throttles for easy adjustment, then forgot to reset it. When I started the motor, it raced to about 4,000 rpm, but it didn't suck the mercury out before I could shut it off. Close one!
 
I saw the expensive carb sticks but got the carbtune mercury one's anyway.If you take good care of them and sync by the book,1750rpm's for my bike,everthing should be fine.It is a tool and should be used properly.
 
cv carb sync.

cv carb sync.

Hi, in the clymer manual the synchronizing of the CV carbs from 1980 on states that for the ( manometer gauge ) 1 & 4 carbs ,the centre of the balls are in line with the centre line marked on the manometer,while for carbs 2 & 3 the edge of the balls are under the centre line of the of the manometer, i only have the dial type guages with the damping taps ,I would be greatfull for any advice, as i thought all gauges should read the same when balanced, and wouldn't know how much to offset (if at all) the dial gauges 1 & 4 to 2 & 3.:confused:
 
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Set the inside ones a little lower than the outside.You have to set them all using #3 carb because it has no adjustment.That should get you there.
 
Schweisshund said:
I saw some tire pressure gauges at wal-mart for 4 bucks each - can you use those? They are the round type gauges with a needle.
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You synchronize them by reading vacuum not pressure so tire pressure gagues will not work.
 
Has anyone here ever tried a fully electronic sync tool like the Twinmax electronic carburetor balancer?
I have been looking at getting one as I am just about to get my carbs back on my bike.
No mercury to jerk around with sounds good to me.
Question: If I get a set of the 5mm adapters, can I just leave them installed with vacuum caps to make it easier next time I want to sync?
 
Casino Joe said:
Has anyone here ever tried a fully electronic sync tool like the Twinmax electronic carburetor balancer?
I have been looking at getting one as I am just about to get my carbs back on my bike.
No mercury to jerk around with sounds good to me.
Question: If I get a set of the 5mm adapters, can I just leave them installed with vacuum caps to make it easier next time I want to sync?
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The Holy Grail of them all is the one made by Morgan and it uses metal rods not Mercury, so that eliminates the "Oops Factor" when blipping the throttle. http://www.carbtune.com/
Yes, you can leave the 5mm adapters in place with caps. As a matter of fact, on my bike I made an aluminum port for the left side of the bike where these vacuums are readily available for me to tune and experiment. There are a number of posts on this already. http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=105069
 
Wow. Thats a great setup you got there cberkeley.
If you decide to sell a few of those vacuum blocks, I'll definitely take one off your hands. :-D

 
Instead of using water or mercury can you use a larger hose - put in a ping pong ball - then attach it to smaller hoses?
 
Great idea!

Great idea!

bcrowther said:
This may sound radical but when I was talking to my mechanic buddies they suggested that I use a stethoscope that has a rod on the end of it, or a hollow tube of metal. They said that each carb will have a distinct sound. Like tuning an instrument to the right pitch you tune in the carb to sound like the others. You would start with #3 and work from that point. I was going to give it a try and will update when I know more. Anyone else ever hear of such a thing?
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That's a great idea! The next time my bike needs to be synched, I'll take it to the hospital emergency room. I'll just speak Espanol and tell them I'm here illegally so they won't try to bill me.:-D

If they do a poor job......I'll sue the hell out of 'em!\\:D/
 
chuckycheese said:
That's a great idea! The next time my bike needs to be synched, I'll take it to the hospital emergency room. I'll just speak Espanol and tell them I'm here illegally so they won't try to bill me.:-D

If they do a poor job......I'll sue the hell out of 'em!\\:D/
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Yeah, and if you go to the emregency room they cannot refuse treating your bike because you dont have insurance!
 
Como???

Como???

tconroy said:
Yeah, and if you go to the emregency room they cannot refuse treating your bike because you dont have insurance!
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Actually, I do have insurance but I'll just insist "no entiendo, no entiendo!!..No hablo Ingles!! pero, me gusta Los Estados Unidos..para seguro!! Yo vivo aqui siempre!!!!"(8-[ This is supposed to be a Mexican face.)
 
chuckycheese said:
Actually, I do have insurance but I'll just insist "no entiendo, no entiendo!!..No hablo Ingles!! pero, me gusta Los Estados Unidos..para seguro!! Yo vivo aqui siempre!!!!"(8-[ This is supposed to be a Mexican face.)
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asee,asee!!!
 
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