On closer inspection, I saw that each pilot jet hole had a little black plastic washer, and two of them had a little metal washer. I put the plastic washer in first, the o-ring above that, and when available, the metal washer above the o-ring, and the spring on top of that. Does this sound right?
Regarding the slow jet, I noted that the hole is VERY small, but open on all 4 jets. So I squirted some carb cleaner through them and left it at that. I've got the carbs reassembled and ready to put back on the bike. I read that to fine tune the pilot jets, I need to get a tachometer that can indicate 50 rpm increments. Where would I get that? Is fine tuning the pilot jets all that important? Also, is balancing the carbs with vacuum gauges necessary? Thanks! Joe On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 10:03:57 AM UTC-5, Joe wrote: > > I am rebuilding the carbs on my 83 CB550SC. The Clymer shows an o-ring on > the screw that drains the bowl, and an o-ring on the pilot jet screw, but > when I took apart the first carb, there were no o-rings in either place. > > My rebuild kit has 8 o-rings, I figured out where 6 of them go, but the > two little bitty o-rings don't match anything. I had planned to match them > up to see where they go. Should my carbs have o-rings or not? > > I ordered the K&L kit for my bike but when I got it, the kit said it was > for a CB700SC 84-85. Did they send me the wrong kit or will it work on my > bike? > > Thanks! > Joe > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
