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    Goodbye phillips, hello hex sockets! This beats pounding on our delicate carbs with an impact driver to loosen up a worn and pesky stuck phillips!

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    Dennis

  • #2
    I hear you on that one, I done that mod a little while back. Had to cut the top screws down as the hardware store didnt have any short enough. Didnt do the cross brace, might look at that later.
    1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
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    • #3
      Thats going to happen this winter on mine, probably even do it on the float bowls
      Nathan
      KD9ARL

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      • #4
        if anybody want to, you can order them through here:
        http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...lpartial&Nty=1

        i love stainless steel.

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        • #5
          I changed out the cross brace screws for stainless hex screws awhile back. Here is a tip you should do, if you have not already. Put some locktite on the cross brace hex screws. These can loosen and fall out from motor vibration.
          Mike Giroir
          79 XS-1100 Special

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          • #6
            Carb Screws

            The thing that I discovered is that the screws are NOT standard phillips. They are "JIP", as in Japanese Industrial Phillips. Do an internet search, get the right tool for the job. You will be amazed in the difference.
            LuckyEddie
            1980 XS1100LG Midnight special
            1982 XV750J Virago
            1976 GL1000
            1978 GL1000 Supercharged
            1981 XV920RH (chain drive)

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            • #7
              Originally posted by LuckyEddie View Post
              The thing that I discovered is that the screws are NOT standard phillips. They are "JIP", as in Japanese Industrial Phillips. Do an internet search, get the right tool for the job. You will be amazed in the difference.
              Hi Eddie,
              if several dreaded POs had known this perhaps my carb screws would not have been cratered out to the extent that half of them had to have a screwdriver slot Dremeled into them in order to remove them.
              But I'd have binned those effin' things in favour of Allen headed screws anyway.
              Crosspoint screws were originally designed for assembling heating ducts and similar sheet metal parts where their automatic "cam-out" feature is an advantage.
              Using ANY style of crosspoint screw on something that needs to be taken apart again is a sign that the bean counters are dominating the design department.
              Fred Hill, S'toon
              XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
              "The Flying Pumpkin"

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              • #8
                Originally posted by fredintoon View Post
                Hi Eddie,
                if several dreaded POs had known this perhaps my carb screws would not have been cratered out to the extent that half of them had to have a screwdriver slot Dremeled into them in order to remove them.
                But I'd have binned those effin' things in favour of Allen headed screws anyway.
                Crosspoint screws were originally designed for assembling heating ducts and similar sheet metal parts where their automatic "cam-out" feature is an advantage.
                Using ANY style of crosspoint screw on something that needs to be taken apart again is a sign that the bean counters are dominating the design department.
                Those effin' bean counters, I just hate them. (no offense if anyone here is one )
                Nathan
                KD9ARL

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                1978 XS1100E
                K&N Filter
                #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
                OEM Exhaust
                ATK Fork Brace
                LED Dash lights
                Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters

                Green Monster Coils
                SS Brake Lines
                Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

                In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

                Theodore Roosevelt

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