carb o/h repair shop recommendation?

[BobY47]

1978 xs1100 E standard - bike was shut down three years ago without draining fuel or running carbs dry - now I am trying to get it to run, having mixed success, obvious carbs need good cleaning and adjusting, etc _ I am handy but not confident enuf to take this on - what about pulling carbs off in a set, anyone have good western US shop (I am in Idaho) or mechanic I should contact? would ship them to shop for o/h. ideas? send me a PM? THX, bob y

[WMarshy]

I thought we had a forum member that would do it for a resonable price but not sure if he does anymore. He'll probably chime in...

BTW, we typically dont recommend you let others fix your carbs. It proven to be a waste of time and money for a lot of people.

[jjz28]

For me, the carbs are really quite easy. I will always do my own. Although, I do not know how to synch yet and don't have a synch tool. I bench synched mine and it runs great, it still needs a proper synch though and that cant be done until on bike anyway, so you would still have to fine tune them. The shop would bench synch but the final synch has to be done on the bike cause no bike is the same.

[Courtney]

You can do it on your own

You can do this on your own. It is needlessly over rated as to difficulty. Go online and find a good tutorial on it. Here is one that I used; on a Suzuki, but identical carbs to ours. http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/...d_Tutorial.pdf
Take yours apart one at a time. Most of the time you can re-use the parts, including the gaskets if you are patient. If you can do an oil change on a car, you can do these. They are not rocket science. Get some good carb cleaner spray, proper tools to fit the jets etc. and follow these directions and you will be fine. If you need more help just message me. I didn't even remove the small orings under the mixture screws. Mine turned out great, I've rebuilt/cleaned them 3 times and am still using all the original parts and pieces. Patience grasshopper.

[crazy steve]

I thought we had a forum member that would do it for a resonable price but not sure if he does anymore. He'll probably chime in...

That would be here.... http://xs1100carbs.blogspot.com/

[fredintoon]

1978 xs1100 E standard - bike was shut down three years ago without draining fuel or running carbs dry - now I am trying to get it to run, having mixed success, obvious carbs need good cleaning and adjusting, etc _ I am handy but not confident enuf to take this on - what about pulling carbs off in a set, anyone have good western US shop (I am in Idaho) or mechanic I should contact? would ship them to shop for o/h. ideas? send me a PM? THX, bob y

Hi Bob,
you can do this.
What they all said plus this little trick:-
Work on the carbs with them in a big cafeteria tray so those pesky little balls, springs, etc. don't fall on the floor and disappear.

[Courtney]

Hi Bob,
you can do this.
What they all said plus this little trick:-
Work on the carbs with them in a big cafeteria tray so those pesky little balls, springs, etc. don't fall on the floor and disappear.

Got THAT right for sure! Mine were in a big baby basinet, and I STILL managed to lose a *(&*!!!!! jet! And take them apart one at a time so all the parts stay together, I used big ziploc bags from the dollar store. Leave one together for the last, so you have one to compare to.