Practical Help Needed

One of the throttle cables on the Zephyr snapped this morning, luckily on
the driveway.

I have started to investigate how to dig out the old one, so as a new one
can be fitted, but without a manual the only way I can see of doing this is
to remove the carbs.

Anyone with any mechanical knowledge fancy having a look?

I are mostly a bit disappointed

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My NEW bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
My old Bike 2000 Honda CB500 (for sale)
M'boy's Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)

BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

Heh, carbs will be off any second now....
thanks for your help BTW

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My NEW bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
My old Bike 2000 Honda CB500 (for sale)
M'boy's Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)

BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

Oldbloke wrote:

Bad form n'all, but carbs are off (god knows how i'll get em back on again).
Off to Banbury now for new cable inner from little man in shop "who can"

<fx awaits "his fate was sealed" responses>

If only everything in life were as reliable as a Honda

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My NEW bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
My old Bike 2000 Honda CB500 (for sale)
M'boy's Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)

BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

It's an across frame Jap 4?

ha ha ha...

 

again).

Save time and just scrape all the skin off your knuckles now. On the plus
side, this could be the first step towards you becomg a successful amateur
gynaecologist.

 

sweller wrote

Is it?

ho yuss.

 

Hmm, I think it would prolly help to lubricate the rubbers that the
carbs go into with a *little* vaseline. Helps the old imperial/metric
thing.

 

Thankyou for those kind words mate

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My NEW bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
My old Bike 2000 Honda CB500 (for sale)
M'boy's Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)

BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

The rubbers bolt on to the barrels, and the carbs push into the rubbers. To
remove, I had to unscrew the rubbers from the barrels and remove them.
Would it be better to refit them to the barrels and then try to get the
carbs onto the clamped ends.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My NEW bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
My old Bike 2000 Honda CB500 (for sale)
M'boy's Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)

BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

Whatever is easiest, mate. Just be prepared to do what you need to to
make it work, and be prepared to undo what you've just done and try
again, or try a different attack when it becomes obvious you're
struggling with little hope of success.

I'd go with Mr Haynes' favourite phrase: reassembly is the reverse of
removal. Soaking the rubbers in hot water to give them a bit of
flexibility might help, as may a bit of lube on the carb ends.
Frantic checking that you've not caught a lip is good too ;-)

Think positive - at least you won't be frozen stiff, doing it with
sleet running down your neck ... providing you finish the job before
November, of course.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Oldbloke"

"Replacement is a simple reversal of the removal procedure."

<snort!>

Only if you're a fanny doctor with a pot of Vaseline.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

You wasn't thinking of taking it out without tax were you?

D

 

No!
Don't you know that vaseline is not good for rubber.
You want KY jelly for that sort of thing.

Even better, try http://www.micro90.net/ for a _free_ sample
of P80 rubber lubricant.

 

A slight smear will make ****-all difference. I've used it for stuff
like this for donkey's years.

 

Because you go to hell for that !

D

 

Both my tax discs are on the pinboard by the door - how cross will Mr
policeman be if I get pulled without them on? JP? Anybody?

 

I guess this would apply if you got a pull and plod asked the
question, but if the bike was parked and unattended I suspect it would
be easier just to write out the ticket. Either that or I got the real
bastard who was also shortsighted when he didn't see the tax disk [1]
on my SOC and put a ticket on it anyway.

AFAIK, failure to display is still an offence, even if the vehicle is
fully taxed. How much of a bastard Mr Plod tends to be these days I
wouldn't like to say. But if they're pulling you anyway, they're
going to want something to show for their "effort" aren't they?


[1] Okay, so the one in the tax disk holder was out of date, but
that's just coz I was too lazy to pull the thing off - the valid one
was still displayed and he didn't bother to look. Plod number two
ripped up the ticket after I came back to the cage, found the ticket
and then forcibly dragged him find back to the car.

 

I was going to ride it on the pavement

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My NEW bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
My old Bike 2000 Honda CB500 (for sale)
M'boy's Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)

BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

Actually, having thought about it the rubbers are going to have to be bolted
on first, cos there's this big sticky out bit of engine between no 2 and no
3.

Heh, I have already had to fashion a special "Zephyr Carb Removal Tool" by
taking my dremel clone to an allen key.

Funnily enough this little phrase kept going through my head as the pile of
nuts bolts and washers was groing yesterday, and the myriad of small rubber
tubes which were disconnected were merrily waving in the breeze.

This is indeed true. Reassembly starts later this morning, should be fun.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My NEW bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
My old Bike 2000 Honda CB500 (for sale)
M'boy's Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)

BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

Fixed penalty notice IIRC. To be honest I saw it, scanned it and the
red mist came down, but I'm pretty sure it was a fixed penalty for
failure to display, with a further notice that the vehicle was being
reported to DVLC and if it turned out not to have tax _additional_
action would be taken.