Carb/TPS Question

[Kila-Beave]

Ok I've got my 98 all stripped and sitting in the house (got a real understanding wife ) and one of my winter projects is to clean/rebuild/rejet my carbs. Figuring I'd hose something up, I picked up a set of carbs off of an 05 on eBay, good for parts or a re-assembly guide I figured.

Well yesterday I pulled apart the eBay carbs and they are absolutely gorgeous on the inside. The guy must have cleaned them top to bottom before selling. Only problem with them are a couple missing fasteners and the TPS was busted in transit.

Since those carbs look so absolutely wonderful (even the float heights are spot on 13mm ... measured w/ digital Vernier Calipers) I think I should just drop my Ivan's Kit in there and use those. My question is, can I just take my TPS off my other carbs and install them on the new ones? Is there any kind of calibration that I need to worry about? Or should I just pickup another TPS and put it on the new carbs and give them a shot so as to not screw up my "good" (as in working ... but not great) carbs currently on the bike?

Thanks in advance!

[steves]

You should be able to use the TPS with no problem.

There is a procedure out there somewhere on how to test and adjust it.

[Kila-Beave]

Thanks Steve!

Wow ... less than 120 seconds for a reply. I love KR

[arsenic]

yeah, you need to test the ohm resistance at different levels of throttle. The test procedure is in the manual.

[Kila-Beave]

That procedure is apparently 4-21 in the service manual. Basically it's open the throttle all the way and check the resistance ... adjust till it's 3.8kO and tighten it down. Looks dead easy.

I guess I'll use the new carbs and pull the old ones and clean them up. It's always good to have spares lying around

[arsenic]

OR ebay the ones you not using and pay for the new ones, or clean them and make a profit. What did you pay for the new ones anyway, if you don't mind?

[2000kat600]

Wow!!! Good post! Exactly what I've been dealing with...

[Kila-Beave]

OR ebay the ones you not using and pay for the new ones, or clean them and make a profit. What did you pay for the new ones anyway, if you don't mind?

It came out to about $90 shipped for the new ones if I remember right. The carbs were totally complete, save for a few of the screws and washers on the choke slider thing-a-mabob. Even had a darn near new fuel filter on it to boot (good for an emergency spare I guess, but I just put a new one of those on there last year). About $7 worth of stuff from Ron Ayers fixed that situation.

Probably could clean up the others and sell 'em for a profit or at least break even. There's nothing wrong with them other than needing a good cleaning and maybe few o-rings (they are 10 yrs old now). Plus they've got a dynojet kit in them now, and I have a set of stock needles from the 05s so I could sell that seperately as well I guess.