In Part 1 of the Rusty Gold Racing project RustyMoto, we will be rebuilding the Mikuni carbs on our 1994 Suzuki Katana 600. Will it run at the end? We will see by the end.
I found this video very helpful to clean the carbs of my 1997 gsx600f. Many thanks! Some tips for others: what he calls the ''pilot jet'' is hidden under the black cover. It has a gasket so it can be a bit hard to pull off but you can just pull it off. This isn't shown on the video. For the idle control, you want to first screw it in all the way and count how many rotations that took. Then you can just reuse the existing setup instead of defaulting to 2 turns like the video. For the floats, you want to measure from the edge of the carb, the metal part, to the top of the ''bowl'' from the float. An easy method is to allign the metal carb part with the ''line'' on the float bowl (separation between the flat and curly part). These lines should be parallel. Other than this everything is super clear!
Good tips but how many turns in is irrelevant putting the screws in. It's the turns out that matter. The rubber block off is not a gasket and is easily removable with needle nose. But not putting it back will cause huge issues. Hot Tip buy NEW ONES.
Having an impact tool to crack loose those screws is REALLY HELPFUL and helps prevents stripped out phillips heads. A JIS tip is best but not totally necessary. I did use a JIS in the impact tool cause it grips the screw better than a regular phillips that cams out and strips it. At the end I saw your right leg scar and figured you been down before.......that is a long invasive cut, had to be a very bad injury bruh. We all have our battle scars. PEACE !!
It was a broken fibula from a bicycle crash oddly enough. Been down once or twice on motorcycles too ;) I don't mind scars, they are just a part of life's journey.
