New member Carb Rebuild

[jduff8505]

I did the carb rebuild on my GS650 just like the pictures in the forum showed but I have a question. What are these little guys for? There wasn't a picture of them in the step by step pictorial which by the way was invalueable. I'm guessing they weren't in the rebuild kit just to keep the other parts company

[jduff8505]

Cripes. Let me try to get a better picture.

[jduff8505]

This is a little better.

[Bribird]

I am not totally positive....but they look like the block off (tamper proof) caps for the mixture screws. I would leave them off personally.

[Don-lo]

They are the little "pucks" that go above the bowl gasket. You should have them in there, sorry. Did you already install the carbs?

[Steve]

If they have little tiny holes in them and the sides are straight up and down, they are replacement tamper-proof caps for the mixture screws.

If they are solid discs and the sides are slightly tapered, they go above the float bowl gasket and are held in with a square-section o-ring and the bowl gasket.

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[jduff8505]

They're straight with holes in them. I guess they are the tamper proof things. The carbs aren't installed yet. That's tomorrow, Whee.

[Don-lo]

I wouldn't guess about this one. It's easy to pull off a bowl and check.

[errorcauser]

They might go in here (RED ARROW)...

http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq57/errorcauser/044_Pilot2520Jet2520with2520Plug252.jpg

If so, you'll also have a flat rubber o-ring looking deal that'll go in on top of them..you can make it out in the picture.

EDIT: i hope this fixes it.

[Suzuki mad]

The plugs in the float bowls are normally black rubber from my experience. I've never seen silver covers before from carbs here in the UK.

[Bribird]

On the couple sets of carbs I have done on the 650's the plugs in the bowls have always been black rubber like Suzuki Mad stated. I would still bet they are the mixture caps. If the carbs are off just pull one bowl cover and verify that you have the black rubber cone looking thing in the main body that are actually held in place by the by the bowl cover.

[errorcauser]

The black rubber cone shaped stopper goes in the pilot jet hole. When I dipped my carbs one of the metal plugs fell out and I lost it. Had to get a replacement off of a member of the forum.

The metal plugs goes where the red arrow is in my picture..the black rubber cone shaped stopper goes where the pencil lead is in my picture. That's how it is on my bike anyway. Might be different on his.

[Bribird]

errorcauser, please fix your photo link you posted, all I can see is a red x in a box.

I dont remember ever seeing anything like that in the ones that I have messed with but they have both been BS32's off of 650's.

[errorcauser]

errorcauser, please fix your photo link you posted, all I can see is a red x in a box.

Fixed...i hope

[Bribird]

Oh, I see it now, I did not know those things could be removed. Mine stayed in place when I did mine and the rebuild kits didnt come with new ones...so yay. So what is under those things? Is it just one of the machining holes when the made the carbs that they sealed off?

I still vote that it came with the rebuild kits......its mixture screw caps.