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Offline CJK

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Re: 1975 CB550K1 550 Four
« Reply #75 on: July 17, 2015, 01:59:50 PM »
...oh snap. I thought they were supposed to go that way because that's how they looked when they came off the bike!


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Re: 1975 CB550K1 550 Four
« Reply #76 on: August 12, 2015, 10:38:15 AM »
I flipped the float needles so that they are in the carbs correctly and actually work :)

I adjusted the float height and nowwww I understand why everyone says to adjust them with the carbs sideways because you don't want the spring depressed.

After adjusting the float height, I installed the carbs as well as air filter. Then checked the points gap and set static timing.

...and voila! I kicked it over a few times and it actually started. I was really shocked it works.

It appears cylinder 1,2, and 4 are firing. The header pipe for #3 didn't feel warm.



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Re: 1975 CB550K1 550 Four
« Reply #77 on: August 20, 2015, 06:14:37 PM »
The idle still isn't quite right. Cylinder 3 is firing. So I decided to take the plugs out and see what's going on.

All the air screws are at 1.5 turns out. It seems like #3 isn't getting any fuel so carbs are coming off to clean out the pilot jet again.



Can someone offer some suggestions to help out?


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Re: 1975 CB550K1 550 Four
« Reply #78 on: August 20, 2015, 07:16:11 PM »
First thing to do is to perform a Clear Tube check of the fuel level. This is a major indicator of what's happening internally to your carbs. You can even fire the bike and watch the fuel level while revving the motor.

Post pictures of that
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Re: 1975 CB550K1 550 Four
« Reply #79 on: August 20, 2015, 07:30:33 PM »
Roger that, calj737. I will try to get  that done now. I'll lodge the tubing into the drain screw hole


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Re: 1975 CB550K1 550 Four
« Reply #80 on: August 20, 2015, 08:00:58 PM »
There is clear tube method for carbs #3 and #4. The bike was not running at the time. I think I'll need an assistant to be able to hold the tube in, start the bike and take a picture next time.

...although next time, I probably won't spill nearly as much gas so it won't be as messy.






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Re: 1975 CB550K1 550 Four
« Reply #81 on: August 21, 2015, 03:25:29 AM »
No need to have the bike running. Just make sure it is standing up straight, not on the side stand.
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Re: 1975 CB550K1 550 Four
« Reply #82 on: September 27, 2015, 03:17:41 PM »
Been working on it on and off. I verified with the clear tube method that the floats are set correctly and that fuel is in the bowl. After that, I removed carbs and cleaned passageways one more time as well as swapped slow jets between Cylinder 3&4.

While idling, the bike is still having trouble running on all four cylinders. After running it yesterday, I checked the pipes and all 4 were very hot (I checked by licking them).

I picked up a HF Compression Test kit to do a quick compression test. This kit has a 1/2" x 20" hose length, so I know my readings are lowered do to that. I did 3 5-6 revolution readings on each cylinder with open choke and WOT. All cylinders were showed about ~53-58 PSI, which puts them in the +- 10% range.
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