Carb. Question

[Silver Bullet]

I have a 1980 GS1100E and a 1980 GS1000E. I have a set of bad carbs on my 1100E and was wondering if the carbs form the my 1000E will work on my 1100E. The carbs on the 1000E have never been off of the bike. I am working on my 1100E because I have almost completely rebuilt it. The carbs are my final thing to complete. If any one knows where I can get a good set of CV carbs I am in the market.

[SqDancerLynn1]

Bad carbs ? What is wrong with them ?? As long as they are not physically broken they are fixable

[Silver Bullet]

Air Fuel mixture screw on 2 of the carbs is stripped out.

[Ranger]

Slot it, soak it and pull it.

[BassCliff]

Greetings and Salutations!!

Hi Mr. Silver Bullet,

I have a copy of the "carb rebuild bible" on my little website. Or you can get it from the link on the GSR home page. Let me share some more GS lovin'.

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BassCliff

[Silver Bullet]

Sorry to come off as a novice GS lover but I am actually and old member that has been out of the loop for too long and had to resign up. My last pin name was the Boozy Creek Beast and a few years ago a designed (with the help of others) a Tshirt for a ride that we did in North Carolina. I like your web page it has alot of information that I need to finish my bikes. Thanks for your help!

[BassCliff]

Hi,

When I see a low post count I roll out the welcome wagon. It's good you're back.

To answer your question, it looks like both bikes use BS34SS carbs but with slightly different jetting. See the chart HERE.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[wirelessguy]

Looks like I'm in the same boat as you are. Air screw in my second carb is NOT coming out. Let it sit for 24hrs in oil but didn't help at all.

Stripped out much of the screw already. Tried to dremel in new slot but the brass just gives when I try to use the screw driver.

Tomorrow I'll try to borrow a reversed drill bit to extract the entire air screw but I'm not very hopeful and pretty worried about ruining the entire carb body. If anyones got any suggestions I'd be interested too. I've thought about heating the carb body (just torching the front where that air screw sits to see if the metal expands at a different rate) but not sure if that's a good or bad idea. Sounds like I may need a mechanic after all. Ugh.

[koolaid_kid]

I removed a troublesome airscrew by heating the carb body in the oven at about 250 degrees. Because the coefficient of expansion is different, it loosened the screw and I was able to remove it.