• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

pilot fuel screw tip broken

  • Thread starter Thread starter slyone
  • Start date Start date
S

slyone

Guest
:( The oring tore the other day and I got my replacement from Robert today but got a "close" replacement from dealer to run it, so I just noticed their replacement was leaking, went to put Bob's oring in and noticed the tip was missing?:eek: I need a new screw and even a part# since the kids at dealer are somewhat clueless...also wondering about where the missing tip is? I would rather not pull the carbs....
 
Z1 sells them and they are not clueless.... The tip is probably stuck in the tiny fuel passage blocking it.
 
You can poke out the tip. There are threads on this. Here is what I used:


precisiontoolset.jpg
 
Yea Thanks. Geez, I hope Z1 has them and I hope they're cheap? I just checked their site and they're only an hr.away! I can zip over tomorrow hopefully?
 
I pulled the carb and stripped it down. I'll take the body tomorrow to a friend and see if he can get that tip removed, what a pita:mad:
 
Take a long enough metal rod that will reach down the slide tower to the little hole in the back throat of the carb and sharpen it to a tiny point. Stick the point of the rod in the hole ( or on top of the tip thats stuck if you can see it ) and give it a few persuasion taps with a tack hammer or a heavy wrench. 9 out of 10 times they pop right out. I did a set of carbs a member sent me that he had broke 3 of them off. Took me 5 minutes to clear all 3...done. Look at Cliffs Mega Welcome...think theres pic there.
 
Got it! Oh yea..I'm a happy camper again! Took about 10 min.of fussing around after I got a fluorescent magnifying light on an articulating arm from Harbor freight for $30.00 and a pic set for $3.00..money well spent..I guess?
I say "working in the dark, without a magnifier of some sort" and I went over to Z1 and got a set of new pilot screws,springs and seals for $20.00 which are made longer with a knurled portion for easier adjustment? Now I should be ready to get this back together! Man, what a curveball!:rolleyes: I did notice the o-rings on the new screws are a slightly smaller thickness than the new ones I got in Bob's kit. Also looks like a couple of the other tips were soon to follow, so I'm glad I renewed all 4.
 
Last edited:
I'm glad we could help. After seeing forum members struggle to find these parts, we special ordered a couple of batches from Keyster in Japan. They are really for the KZ1000 - but both bikes run very similar Mikuni VM carbs. The longer screw head is really a better choice anyway - it makes it far easier to adjust while on the bike.

We don't get many visitors, so it's nice to know there's GS owner in the area. Hopefully you'll be able to ride out to our place one day.

In the summer, you'll find a number of vintage Japanese bike riders are the Log Cabin in Macedon on a Wednesday night - usually a big turnout of vintage cars, and some bikes.
 
Yea a Big Thanks to Jeff and crew at Z1! Really got me out of jamb quick so that I can ride another day...hopefully Thursday!:lol:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top