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  • #1

    Snap Ring Removal

    ...so when you want to change the position of the clip on the main jet, how the heck do you get the snap ring out? Every pair of snap ring pliers I've seen is too big to fit down in the slide to get to it. Is there a special tool for this, or a supplier of specialty tools you guys use to get the proper pliers?

    My XS is a '79 Special, if you need that info. Thanks for the help guys!
    1979 Yamaha XS1100 Special (Cafe Project)
    2003 Honda ST1300 (Daily Driver)
    2003 Suzuki DR-Z 400S (Dirty Beast)
    ...obviously I need a Kawasaki of some sort.
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  • #2
    I for myself a cheap snap ring pliers and ground it down on the sides so that it fit. Miles cd sells a long reach pliers that supposedly works as well.
    Nathan
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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.

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    • #3
      I believe he meant Mikes XS. I have also used a couple small diameter rat tail files, using the round pointy end to put into the snap ring holes.
      Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

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      81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
      80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


      Previously owned
      93 GSX600F
      80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
      81 XS1100 Special
      81 CB750 C
      80 CB750 C
      78 XS750

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      • #4
        If you have a set of 'interchangable tip' snap ring pliers, pick up a couple of single allen wrenches that fit the pliers, cut off the 'L', grind/file a tip on them and you now have a set of 'long reach' pliers...

        Cost you under .50....
        Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

        '78E original owner - resto project
        '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
        '82 XJ rebuild project
        '80SG restified, red SOLD
        '79F parts...
        '81H more parts...

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        • #5
          I got a set of interchangeable ones from home depot they seem to work fine just put the tipps all the way out
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          • #6
            Why not just unscrew the cover plate and pull the needle out. Then push the snap-ring off with a screwdriver, and slide it back on in the location you want it. Slide the needle back into place, and screw the cover plate back on...
            1980 XS850SG - Sold
            1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
            Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by CatatonicBug View Post
              Why not just unscrew the cover plate and pull the needle out. Then push the snap-ring off with a screwdriver, and slide it back on in the location you want it. Slide the needle back into place, and screw the cover plate back on...
              My older style set of carbs has the snap ring and not the cover plate that the newer style have. They can be a real pain in the hoo-hoo.
              I just took an old set of needle nose pliers and ground the tips to fit in the snap ring holes. Works great. Of course it is now a specialty tool but it works on the brake snap rings and other stuff so that is not so bad.
              2-79 XS1100 SF
              2-78 XS1100 E Best bike Ever
              80 XS 1100 SG Big bore kit but not fully running yet.
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              • #8
                Thanks for the ideas guys, I cut the sides off my convertible pliers, making them an inside snap ring only set, and it fit. Now it's time to start the painful process of remove carbs, remove tops and change clip position, reinstall tops, reinstall carbs, test ride, rinse, repeat...
                1979 Yamaha XS1100 Special (Cafe Project)
                2003 Honda ST1300 (Daily Driver)
                2003 Suzuki DR-Z 400S (Dirty Beast)
                ...obviously I need a Kawasaki of some sort.

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                • #9
                  You can pull the needles without removing the carbs.
                  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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                  • #10
                    Wear safety glasses!
                    Skids (Sid Hansen)

                    Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.

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                    • #11
                      heres what I use

                      http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...8959_200308959
                      91 kwaka kz1000p
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                      • #12
                        This is what I use for master cylinders and slide circlips:

                        Richard

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