April 5th, 2012, 09:36 PM | #1 |
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Today's The Day...
Alright, ima Shim my needles on my ninja first thing in the morning.
I have a DanMoto Slip on and the power loss from it is just devastating.. I got #4 washers from Radio Shack and an Offset Screw Driver. I think ima start with 2 washers for each needle. Any Advice? |
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April 5th, 2012, 09:40 PM | #2 |
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April 5th, 2012, 09:42 PM | #3 |
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Unnecessary Advice ^
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April 5th, 2012, 09:44 PM | #4 |
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The offset screwdriver will not help much and you may end up boogering the head of the screw. I highly recommend you replace the screws with allen bolts.
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April 5th, 2012, 09:46 PM | #5 |
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Jiggles is in the hospital and high on pain killers and disappointment. We must forgive him.
As for tips... be very careful not to damage your diaphragms, otherwise it is pretty straight forward. |
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April 5th, 2012, 09:49 PM | #6 | |
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April 5th, 2012, 11:36 PM | #7 |
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Buy cap socket screws (ie: allen head's), buy a philips dry-wall bit.
Work slowly and carefully. Attempt to not strip the heads. If you do, use a vice grip and wrestle those suckers our. After successfully shimming, replace all the screws and live happily ever after Last futzed with by MikeBudd; April 6th, 2012 at 09:51 AM. |
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April 6th, 2012, 08:07 AM | #8 |
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I stripped ONE screw, how do i get it out??
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April 6th, 2012, 08:09 AM | #9 |
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vice grips are your best friend
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April 6th, 2012, 08:42 AM | #10 |
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Vice grips or you can do like I did and dremel a slot for a flat head screwdriver.
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April 6th, 2012, 09:07 AM | #11 |
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also for got to add go pick some of these up
http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...S2530014A20000 |
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April 6th, 2012, 09:24 AM | #12 |
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Guys, i cant do this... this screw will NOT budge.... i did vice grips and everything..
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April 6th, 2012, 09:51 AM | #13 |
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Really? Even my tightest screws came out with a heavy-duty pair of vice-grips.
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April 6th, 2012, 10:38 AM | #14 |
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post a picture of how it looks. An impact screwdriver may work if you have room for it
Place it on the screw and wack the end with a hammer to budge it loose.
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April 6th, 2012, 12:04 PM | #15 |
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I had to dremel a slot in one of mine and use a flat head.
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April 6th, 2012, 12:29 PM | #16 | |
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come on guys... is nobody going to tell him that the screws on the carbs are Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) screws, not regular old Amer'can style Phillips?
Okay, I will... The screws on your carbs are JIS. They might look like regular old Phillips head screws but if you try to work on them with Phillips head screwdrivers you will strip them out. The profile of the "X" in the head is subtly different. Quote:
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April 6th, 2012, 12:32 PM | #17 |
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April 6th, 2012, 12:48 PM | #18 |
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Haha lol yeah they are jis but you can get them out with normal american style if you put it in the hole and wack it with a hammer. :P honestly i dont know how you can not get it out with vice grips. try harder.
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April 6th, 2012, 12:50 PM | #19 | |
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And all too late, sadly. He's already stripped the screw. armo55, you have my sympathies and I wish you luck in fixing the problem. Having said that, search and homework is your friend.... the JIS and drywall bit info has been covered extensively in the past. Now you know how important finding out EVERYTHING about what you're about to do can be. Learn from this experience. Prepare, prepare, prepare, measure, prepare some more, measure again, triple-check and THEN work. This beats kind-of sort-of understanding what you're doing, going to work, making a costly mistake, trying desperately to (maybe) fix the damage and finally finding out what you should have done in the first place. FWIW for anyone wanting to work on the carbs without suffering a "DAMMIT" moment: It is MUCH MUCH easier in the long run to remove them from the bike. You are less likely to bugger them. The pain and hassle are worth it IMHO. It's what I did and the actual carb work was 100 percent trivial as a result. |
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April 6th, 2012, 02:20 PM | #20 | |
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April 6th, 2012, 05:11 PM | #21 |
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Alirght guys, I just wana say i have done research and read every single carb shim post out there... I am aware for JIS screwdrivers, didnt feel like ordering them.
So i stripped the **** out of the screw and i went and bought a diamond tipped small circular blade for the dremel, made a like and screwed it out. I put 2 washers on each carb needle, and then I checked everything and closed the cabs securly, but on some allen screws. It didnt seem to improve my bikes performance much, then i removed the snorkel. It helped a bit more. Overall, i am a tiny bit more satisfied but it was NOT worth the 4 hours. Maybe my expectations were too big? and im starting to grow out of this bike? (Been 10 Months) Any advice on what to watch out for? |
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April 7th, 2012, 07:20 AM | #22 | |
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Beyond the existential questions of life and being, I'm guessing your riding skilz haven't progressed to a point (of total mad sickness) where they're rendering the EX-250 useless/pointless in your hands. It is possible, however, that you've got the onset symptoms of a mild case of "600 SuperSport proximity phallus enlargement disorder", which is when you begin to image that your penis would look much bigger if you were ridin' a Gixxah'. |
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April 7th, 2012, 07:56 AM | #23 |
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Lol, I wouldnt mind ridin' a ZX6R
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April 7th, 2012, 10:01 AM | #24 |
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Mayhaps learn to work on the screamin 30hp of the 250 before moving up to a 100hp 600. But, like you said you were aware of what you needed and didn't feel like ordering it. So, I guess it doesn't matter what advice you ask for, you won't follow it.
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April 7th, 2012, 04:18 PM | #25 |
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Asking for advice and ordering a Japanese tool dont go hand in hand, but nice try?
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April 7th, 2012, 04:52 PM | #26 |
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They do if you want to get the job done ;-)
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April 7th, 2012, 04:57 PM | #27 |
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Job was done a long time ago
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