Since it’s the new year and parts haven’t arrived yet, let’s get the prep work done.
This era is fastened with Phillips screws—a painful state of affairs. At least it’s not pan-head screws with threadlocker?
I had a rough time with the GSX1400 last year, so an angle impact driver makes this much easier. Learning something new every day.
When disassembling the carburettor, these are parts that should be replaced soon. Once rubber parts stop being available, it gets really tough.
It’s off, so let’s give it a light cleaning and move on to inspection.
Blowback on each cylinder is minimal—the condition looks good.
Carbon buildup isn’t as heavy as I expected either.
There’s a little rust. The crusty blob at the top turned out to be liquid gasket or something stuck on. The float gasket is rock hard now—we’re right at the limit.
No obvious problems.
The O-ring under the resin body is pretty critical, so we want to make sure it’s in good shape.
A block that doesn’t come as a separate part.
It’s worn down from being struck. There’s nothing we can do about that. It’s still okay for now.
It’s been rattling around constantly, so it wears down.
We polished this one and refreshed it too.
Sorry, the front and back are from different cylinders.
Note: The bent passage didn’t become perfectly straight.
Polishing wasn’t requested this time, but we did it as a New Year’s gift!
When the parts we’re assembling come out clean like this, it makes us happy too, the finish looks great, and everyone’s satisfied.
What a handy tool…
The diaphragm was pinched in one spot.
We’re holding off on that for now.
