carb

First of all I?d like to thank you all Vmax friends on the forum ,,, actually , I removed the carb out from the manifold, cleaned the four carbs and replaced the damaged rubber joints between the manifold and the V boost , and replaced the four air/fuel screws , rebuild the manifold, tuned the V...

the clymer guide says to only use a petroleum based carb cleaner, i went to auto zone and they looked at me like i had 4 heads when i asked them if they carried it, what can i use to clean the carbs? thanks in advance :ummm:

I've been accumulating parts and equipment to rebuild the carbs on my 94. This, since they started acting up about months ago. I tried everything attempting to clear the idle jets of crap, tiny rust particles. Short of stripping the carbs completely down. Pea Shooter, Shotgun. Cleaners in the...

So I would really appreciate any information from those of you who can help me out. This coming weekend I plan to take my carbs off and clean them up the best I can. They dont really need it but my soon to be 6yo daughter loves working in the garage with me so whats better then working on the...

I am really frustrated, are carbs so difficult to deal with or am I having the I.Q of a house plant ??? Here's my story, my bike was never running as should and recently it backfired so I decided to take the carbs off for the zillionth time :) I made sure that carb cleaner would go in every...

Looking for a really good tutorial on how to sync the carbs. Has anyone made a video on the subject for the Vmax?

I was just installing a power outlet on my VMAX and when I went to move the Air intake housing a little bit to put wire by it, I noticed that the Rubber Gaskets that hold my Carbs on the engine were loose and the Carbs extually poped out of them.......I tried to reseat them in the gaskets but it...

I need 2 carb diaphram covers for an 01 vMax. If you have found some or have some let me know.

this my first post and already bitching. well here goes. back in 2008 i bought my bike brand new .right off i had like a intake back fire and throttle response is sluggish. take in the bike and the shop tells me carb needs rebuilt .brand new bike go figure .they so says did the work. bike still...

so i've been slowly working on an '89 hawk (really cool bike). The short story is that it's been sitting for a bit so i took the carbs apart went thru with a fine tooth comb and got them put back together. bike ran pretty good for about 10-15m then i turned it off. when i went to start her...

Well after reading on how to carb sync I Relised one of my problems in life. Don't want to talk about the others just yet, my gauges don't have restrictors in the tubes to keep the mercury from bouncing like crazy now get a laugh on that. Duh. Can you imaging I've been having such fun trying to...

I had a coupon and a gift card for Harbor Freight so I picked up their larger ultrasonic cleaner. Now there's still confusion over what works best to clean Motorcycle Carbs. I don't think my carbs are varnished up or have a lot of sticky crud in them. I've had them apart to Band-Aid them enough...

Hey guys Synced my carbs today. Best way to do it is use 4 gauges. I went to harbor freight and bought 4 vacuum gauge's for 40 bucks. Just pinch the lines until it take out the fluctuations. The best way to do this is set your idle to 1200 RPM. Adjust the right side front carb to match the...

Pulled my needle jet as I'm running lean, the nylon stoper has 2 washers between it and the c-clip, needle is stock 5ez43. Cant find pic or description, service manual pic blows!! One washer is same diameter as nylon stoper, other one is tiny.:ummm::ummm: Thanks guys, Frank

Hey guys I got very frustrated using a single vacuum gauge adjusting my carbs. I bought a real set of gauges. What I found is the left side carbs fluctuate around 15 inches of vac. The right side are about 10. I'm adjusting them at the screws that then throttle rods are connected to is...

I finally got my ignition system working right but now I have a carb problem (this was the biggest problem to begin with) sounds like I'm carrying a cylinder but at idle I'm not fat according to my wideband but it still has a pretty irradic idle for having the vboost totally closed. When you...

Hey guys My max runs fine. Plenty of power. The one thing i notice is the bike does not sounds right. No missfires at all. I checked the exhaust temps at the headers. Found the back two at operating temp are 200 degrees. The front two are cooler. The left front is 130 degress and the right front...

Some of you may have heard me previously complaining about my bike's tendency to hesitate under steady throttle on the highway, a problem that pretty randomly comes and goes. Feels like one cylinder is dropping in and out. After a "spirited" romp the other day, it suddenly got a lot worse. Now...

I know there are going to be a number of people coming to Thunder very well equipped to do minor tuning and adjustments on Vmaxes..... Is anyone planning on bringing along a set of carb synch gauges they may allow me to use to get my '85's carbs balanced? I'd really appreciate it if someone...