Zx6r Carbs

[Guest robin]

mine came respaced and as you say glued to the manifold rubbers. i think with super glue but please dont take my word for this being the best method.

robin

[steve in stockport]

Carbs popping off the rubbers, I know all about that mine did it too and when I shoved them back on I broke the fuel pipe and ended my run to stoneleigh this year.

 

Main problem is that at tickover there is massive vacuum in the inlet tract, which causes the rubbers to pulse and slip off the carbs, and as jubilee clips are too big for the job the carbs and rubbers soon part company.

You can either make brackets to hold the carbs in place - this is the way I went, or make alternative clamps from 6mm x 2mm steel strips, bent into what Trickie used to call a balloon clip with a small bolt to pull them tight - this is very similar to the proper bike rubber clips.

Glue might help, but could cause problems if you have to change thing later

 

Steve

[Andi]

Hmm, sounds interesting Steve. Ive always felt the clips to be too thick. I did try a bracket once with limited success.

Do you have any pictures of yours??

[Mitch]

when i striped mine down, they had been glued to the manifold too, looked like araldite, nothing on at mo will see how it goes

 

 

Mitch

[Guest salty_monk]

On the bike they would have been held on by something like a thin Jubilee clip (or balloon clip described above). You can still buy them for most bikes.

 

Dan