What needs to be done..

[Morrison]

Okay im feeling better with it then. Nessim the carb tutorial you have doesnt pertain to mine.. any others.. mine are pictured on the right.

[JTGS850GL]

Here's a tutorial for the VM carbs: VM Rebuild Tutorial

You may want to visit here for more information: BikeCliff's Website

[chuck hahn]

The head gasket will usually reseal when you retorque them..had a 1000 engine that was loose head bolts and once retorqued it doesnt weep.

As for the cams..as was said, if the head s journal areas look good and not half melted etc etc, heck the cam journal measurements and reuse if within specs. No need to tear the off at this point is my opinion. I would carefully remove just the head so as to not ruin the base gasket and do the valve stems seals though.

EDIT.....Just saw the head and cap pics. I dont see anything abnormal there to me.

[tkent02]

VM carbs are much easier. Take them apart, dip them or go with the ultrasonic cleaner. Shoot spray carb cleaner through all of the passages, watch where and how it comes out to ensure they are all clear. All four carbs should exibit the same spray pattern on all of the passages. Put them back together with new O rings. Adjust the float height. Bench synch by eyeball or with a small wire. Get it running and do a vacuum synch, adjust idle, etc.

The only tricky part is not breaking off the tips of the fuel screws, do not bottom them out, even lightly. They are tiny and break off very easily. Look in the bore from the front, when the tip sticks up out of the port a tiny bit you will feel it get a tiny bit tighter, you are there. Do not go any further. I usually oil the threads and put it in with no spring on the screw at first to see how the tip sticks out when it is in, then put it back in to the same point with the spring in place.

[Morrison]

Thanks tKENT they seem straight forward, ive rebuilt many of carbs from cars to bikes. Ill get to it soon id imagine I should order my oring kit first right?

[tkent02]

Thanks tKENT they seem straight forward, ive rebuilt many of carbs from cars to bikes. Ill get to it soon id imagine I should order my oring kit first right?

I would, Robert Barr sends them really quick but it would be nice to have them ahead of time. You can almost always re-use the bowl and top gaskets, unless some PO has glued them down.

[chuck hahn]

Soaking used bowl gaskets in a baggie with WD40 seems to swell them up and makes them reusable too.

[Morrison]

Soaking used bowl gaskets in a baggie with WD40 seems to swell them up and makes them reusable too.

I use that trick on my chainsaws, honestly any oil on rubber swells it up.

[Morrison]

Also tkent there was zero signs of black dust. Ive been using basscliffs site regularly, there is alot there so I havent found everything. Plan as of now im gna wait for my shims from Ray, install them and recheck the valve clearance. Chuck do I use a plastigauge for checking the journals?

[tkent02]

Also tkent there was zero signs of black dust.

Yeah just throw it back together, it'll be fine.