Carb question

[oldschool]

Can anyone tell me where I can get carb rebuild kits for my 83 xvz12tdk Venture? I called a dealer and he could'nt find it in any of his books and another talked of trying to put one together. I have a spare set I want to rebuild also so any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Freebird]

I don't know of an actual kit. All I've seen is individual parts. Floats, diaphragms, etc. Sorry, wish I could offer a better solution.

[bobcat]

When I rebuilt my carbs a couple of years ago I tried to buy rebuilding kits also but all the places I tried said the same thing....no kits available..you have to order each part seperately...the cheapest place I found for OEM parts was www.mrcycles.com

[Dano]

You can also check out www.flatoutmotorcycles.com , let them know in message that you're with VR.org.

 

Dan

[greg_in_london]

You may want to ignore this information, as I don't know what the implications are, but Yamaha quoted different parts for different models in the workshop manuals (ie needle, needle jet, pilot mixture jet etc) but then give the same part number on the microfiches for these different model parts.

 

I don't know if Yamaha changed their collective minds about the 'best' jetting, but I would suggest that if you replace the needle (for example) you get the needle jet at the same time, or at least check that the new one has the same MIKUNI part number as the original.

 

I posted some of the different carb specs on page nine-ish of the 'what gas mileage do you get ?' thread.