Carburetor Order

[Guest]

Hello All,

This my first post to GSresources and let me start by saying that all of the information I have gathered from reading the various posts and stickies I think will be invaluable as I am working on converting my 78 gs550 into a cafe racer.

Ok, enough kiss assery and to my question.

I traded some woodworking tools for a 78 gs550 that I want to convert to a cafe racer. I have already broken the bike down and starting to work on the carbs. The guy I got the bike from had already taken the carbs apart but did not bother to label the order. I bought the clymer and haynes manuals for this bike and in the haynes manual it says to be sure and mark the carbs so you know the order when reassembling.

Since I have no idea what the order was or if there is even a way to tell not sure what to do, or does the order even matter?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Big T]

Simple
Look at the fuel connector holes #1 is blocked on the left and #4 is blocked on the right
Now, look at the engine side of the 2 remaining carbs #3 will have a port in the carb throat
#2 is the remaining carb
Easy!

[apoc330]

Thanks Big T, that is exactly what i needed and greatly appreciated.

[78550GS]

Post your location, there may be another member that could give you an up close look as to how they are hooked together. also, welcome.

[cowboyup3371]

Welcome to the site, take a look here to get some great information about rebuilding your carbs and a multitude of other issues - http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff

I believe you will have the VM carbs so read up on the rebuild instructions for them on the site

[Rob S.]

I bought the clymer and haynes manuals...

I also bought the Haynes (there is no Clymer for my bike). Then I decided to go straight to the horses mouth. Got a binder, a ream of paper and a three hole punch and downloaded the official Suzuki shop manual.

Look here http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/ for your manual and a wealth of other info.

Welcome aboard.