^^^ That's VERY cool, Billy...way to get them raised right! I think Kaplan Motorspots does a lot of the Gas Gas stuff.
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Last night I finally finished the carb rebuild. Looking back - it's not a very hard job to do at all. The hardest part is knowing what to do - and making the right decisions of which parts to re-use and which ones to replace. It's not always obvious! I tried to re-use all the old parts as they "looked" sturdier than those in the rebuild kits I had. I also sourced some stuff from a V4 expert, Joe Nelson, who has been wrenching on these bikes for many years and has a products page on his website for other enthusiasts in need of 'stuff'.
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Have not done a leak test yet but will later today.
While I get back to work now on the other stuff the bike needs, I also will begin work on a carb rebuild for the set off my Yellow bike, now that I know the drill.
FYI: this was a complete disassembly of the carbs including separation of all 4 from each other. Included in the rebuild was replacing all the fuel joint tube o-rings with Viton versions. The new float bowl gaskets are also Viton.
For anyone doing this job, I recommend having on hand a set that has been correctly rebuilt to use as a reference. I did this and can tell you it was EXTREMELY helpful....MUCH better than any reference book, sketches, or photos you could take.
That set is on the left and the ones I rebuilt are on the right:
