david cromie
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| posted on 7/3/04 at 11:26 PM |
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carbs off fireblade
I have followed the Haynes manual to remove the carbs of my Fireblade but they refuse to move, slight movement but they remain almost solid. apart
from removing the clips around the bodys, is there any screws etc holding them on, dont want to damage them with brute force. any suggestions welcome.
david
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shortie
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| posted on 8/3/04 at 12:12 AM |
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I had exactly the same thing, there are no other screws it's just that they are very tight, I spoke to a friend of mine who has worked on bike
engines and he said just slowly prise them off with a large flat-bladed screwdriver so that's what I did and eventually they came off, just work
each end at a time and eventually they will start to move.
It's a little worrying at first as you think you are going to break something but I got mine off in the end.
Rich.
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scotlad
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| posted on 8/3/04 at 07:33 PM |
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yup worked for me to- gentle leverage with a large flat blade screwdriver
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alister667
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| posted on 8/3/04 at 08:29 PM |
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re-jetted mine at the weekend (well a mate did while I held the light) and they were tight but got them off with bothe brute force and ignorance
:-)
The rubber rings they sit in seemed quite tight.
Good Luck.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/alister667/
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david cromie
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| posted on 8/3/04 at 09:24 PM |
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carbs off fireblade
Tks all, got a tip from a honda mechanic, pour hot water over rubbers and it helps to soften the rubber and they come of more easily, going to try
this tonight. David
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/3/04 at 09:38 PM |
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Reminds me.
A few years ago now but a friend of ours was having problems getting his Fireblade to run properly and after one session of backfiring it refused to
go at all. He stripped it to find that the carbs had blown off. His nickname is Tip and that's nearly where the bike went .
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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david cromie
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 10:56 PM |
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carbs off fireblade
ref. my query about getting carbs of fireblade, I have now a tip that works a treat. My wife has a steam carpet cleaner and I tooki the nozzle of the
brush end and started it up, when it warmed up it produced steam out of the jet. I ran the steam jet around the rubbers on the carbs and they came
off by hand. Not rocket science I know but saves any damage to the carbs. etc. Just thought I would pass it on. David
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