Thanks for the site. Only reason I was going to into the carbs is because the pilot screw, the one the bottom in front of the floats, is broken on the number one carb. Been using Yamalube sense winter because of the ethanol and being not sure the quality of the gas.
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 7:48 AM 'roidfingers' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> wrote: > Ever heard the saying,"If it ain't broke, Don't fix it. As far as the > carbs go that is. Go ahead and aquire what you need and then just hold on > to them. Run a few cans of Cheemtool B12 through them in your gas. Stuff > works great. Double check for no air leaks between the carbs and the > engine. ( Spray some brake cleaner or wd40 around them with engine running > and see if rpm's change.) I would pull the final drive and clean and > regrease. Get you some MOLY grease. That's prevention and is cheap to do. > As, for the carb kit's check out these guys. Great sight. > http://carbjetkits.com/honda-jet-kits/honda-700-cc-jet-kits.html . Good > luck. > > On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 10:37:06 PM UTC-5, Dustin Anderson wrote: >> >> I am in the process of getting all of the components for maintenance work >> that I am unsure if the previous owner performed. Although the motorcycle >> runs like a champ with only a small gallop when idling, I am trying to stay >> ahead of any problems that may arise on a 40,000 mile CB700sc. I am going >> to replace the clutch, I have steel brake lines on order, I have the cam >> tensioner spring, along with the eight gaskets for the head cover bolts, >> and will pick up the valve cover gasket on Friday. I am going to also go >> ahead and rebuild the carbs, but I am having trouble finding rebuild kits >> for the carbs. They are Keihin, and the ID on the number one cylinder carb >> is VE85A-A(with a box around it) VJN. I am hoping that everything keeps >> working until I am able to get everything together and also get free 48 >> hours from work. Can anybody point me in the right direction for carb >> rebuild kits? Daily commuter which means if it is down, so am I. Also, I >> apologize for not helping other people out with their tech questions, but I >> am like Jon Snow and know nothing. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/KE5L1YT90EM/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- 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.
