Bandit Alley

MODEL SPECIFIC => SUZUKI BANDIT 250 & 400 => Topic started by: Ronrdrcr on March 25, 2006, 11:14:36 PM

Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: Ronrdrcr on March 25, 2006, 11:14:36 PM
Well, I snapped my throttle cable off at the carbs last week.  Got it all pulled apart got the cable out, rigged up a new cable and went to install.  Had to take the 2 carbs off on the left side so I could get the cable stay back on.  Once I got it all back together I fired it up and it sounds like it's only running on 2 or 3 cylinders.  I think it's possible that I didn't get all of the carbs on completely.  Is there a diagram somewhere that shows the carb setup and how all of the springs work.  I had a couple fall out and can't figure out where they go.  I already have the service manual but can't seem to find anything in it helpful.

Thanks
Ron
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: gsxr400 racer on March 26, 2006, 12:03:06 AM
Anyone that ever wants to send there carbs to me , ( I fix ,small fee, send back run good) cheers
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: Ronrdrcr on March 26, 2006, 12:19:35 AM
How much would it cost for you to rebuild them.  And do you have any idea what the shipping would be from Florida?  Also, what's the turn around time.  I know they need some work, but I'm a little tight on time right now.

Also, didn't you have a tranny you were selling, or was that Pitter?

Ron
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: PitterB4 on March 26, 2006, 12:24:26 AM
Quote from: "Ronrdrcr"
How much would it cost for you to rebuild them.  And do you have any idea what the shipping would be from Florida?  Also, what's the turn around time.  I know they need some work, but I'm a little tight on time right now.

Also, didn't you have a tranny you were selling, or was that Pitter?

Ron


Not me.
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: PitterB4 on March 26, 2006, 12:25:26 AM
Quote from: "gsxr400 racer"
Anyone that ever wants to send there carbs to me , ( I fix ,small fee, send back run good) cheers


Good idea, Jay.  You shoulda been doing this all along.   :bigok:
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: gsxr400 racer on March 26, 2006, 12:48:05 AM
Quote from: "Ronrdrcr"
How much would it cost for you to rebuild them.  And do you have any idea what the shipping would be from Florida?  Also, what's the turn around time.  I know they need some work, but I'm a little tight on time right now.

Also, didn't you have a tranny you were selling, or was that Pitter?

Ron

i think air mail is like 2-4 days  shouldn't cost more than 10-20 to ship depending on what you did 30-50 dollars labor cause you split the bank apart plus shipping back , (what you get is them all cleaned , orings checked fuel screws adjusted , floats adjusted  or i call you with a list of problems i see and we figure out what you wanna do about parts , i got unlimited long distance in US and canada) Any parts i dont have or cant find with out going to the dealership are extra! But generally I'm not trying to make money just help a brother out! 2-4 days to me 2 days to look at 2-4 days to ship back unless something drastically is wrong!

25 to any one that just need theres cleaned, plus orings and shipping

yes i have a ton of transmissions in good shape , going to be going through my stock ppile and having a garage sale as I am moving to new house all week, what a good time to go through the garage.

cheers let me know if this works for you!
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: Ronrdrcr on March 26, 2006, 12:53:35 AM
Works great for me, just can't do it right now.  In the process of selling a house.  Once it get's sold I'm thinking of buying a Ducati monster and restoring the bandit for the wife.  And days when I miss the bike.  I'll let you know.  I might end up getting one of those trannies from you pretty soon though, second gear is almost completely useless.  I believe you told me before $150 shipped, is that correct?

Ron
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: interfuse on March 26, 2006, 12:54:00 AM
As an FYI you don't need to split the carbs to install the throttle cable... all you need is a pair of needle nose pliers and 1 hour of cursing...
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: Ronrdrcr on March 26, 2006, 12:55:45 AM
I was installing a rigged cable in the hopes of riding the bike home until my replacement cable could be ordered and installed.  I also had a limited supply of tools at the time.  I will try to keep that in mind when my new cable comes in, even though I still need to check out the carbs.

Ron
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: gsxr400 racer on March 26, 2006, 12:57:16 AM
yes sir , but you will have to buy some shift forks the b4 is notorious for bad shift forks and more than likely i would say it is the second gear shift fork that goes bad i have obout 4 engines and a bunch of gixxer 4 engines and a 76 engine and they all use the same shift forks and the same damn shift fork was bad in 90% of what i got! but like i said what was junk i threw out and i only keep the good ! so when ever you need a tranny just email me bro cheers!
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: bonobandit4 on March 28, 2006, 11:28:23 AM
$25!?  I know your time is worth more than that!  That's a very kind offer.  I'd take you up on that, except I'd really like to sit and watch you work.  My friends dad is an old Harley mechanic, and a "carb wizard" from what I'm told.  I'm going to bribe him with a case of Miller to let me watch him clean up my Mikunis...   :beers:

From what I can see now, they're fairly clean.  However, there must be some sediment in there because I couldn't get an open drain on any of them to drain the bowls.

P.S.  There was water in there too.  :sad:   You can always tell the way water beads.  Fuel doesn't do that.
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: gsxr400 racer on March 28, 2006, 01:08:25 PM
Oh yea my time is worth more than $25.00 I usually charge $60.00 per hour to work on stuff . But in all reality it only takes me 15 minutes to go through carbs like that (cleaned , inspected and put back together, and tested) so really if it helps people out i dont mind.  
Just a WARNING harley carb(1) bandit 400 carbs(4) and orings. and the knowledge of those carbs and there issues! just a thought.

cheers
jay
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: bonobandit4 on March 28, 2006, 06:01:27 PM
Quote from: "gsxr400 racer"
Just a WARNING harley carb(1) bandit 400 carbs(4) and orings. and the knowledge of those carbs and there issues! just a thought.

cheers
jay


hmmm, was thinking about this... I'll ask him if he's comfortable with them, I know he's worked on plenty of imports too.  Otherwise, maybe I'll send these off to Canton.   :bigok:
Title: Carb Issues and Questions
Post by: gsxr400 racer on March 28, 2006, 07:38:06 PM
cool not a problem , im always here!