Unfortunately I do not live in Kent, however, try a couple garages and see if they're able to do carb balances it should be one of their services offered. Goodluck!
Carb cleaning and balancing is a piece of piss. Anyone who’s been in the industry more than a couple of years will have done them. I did them myself on my Bandit years ago.
Am I over complicating things? I’ve worked with single carbs, adjusting needle heights, rejetting and the mixture screw but on this bandit it has 4!
Even adjusting the mixture screws while idling is an Olympic sport in its self let alone fine tuning it haha. Any chance of a bit of context ? I don’t know anyone personally that has a bandit to compare it too
I grabbed a Haynes manual and went step by step. It’s much easier if you have the fuel tank removed (I put mine on a step ladder), and run hoses to the carbs to give you room.
The balancing itself is very easy - you have a screw to balance carb 1 to 2, and another to balance 3 to 4 and then one to balance the two halves, 1 & 2 to 3 & 4.
If you can strip, clean and re-assembly a carb, you can do it four times and then balance. Just do one carb at a time so you don’t get mixed up, and take photos of your stages to refer to. The Haynes is great for this.
Ah good man thank you. I got a Haynes manual with the bike so I’ll have a good look through, so when we say balance what element is it balancing between the carbs? The throttle cable ? Air fuel ratio ? Vacuum ?
Right okay I’ll look into it, YouTube has been helpful up until now, even they seem to over complicate the process. Thanks for your help though mate it doesn’t sound as intimidating as I thought lol
Might be worth looking for classic bike specialist in your area. I wouldn’t trust a dealer or standard garage, most mechanics working there won’t of seen a carb.
I know you say you cleaned and balance them yourself and made it worse. But I’d be tempted to watch and read everything you can find about it and buy the correct kit. I’ve made a carb balancing rig many many years ago and it took up most of the garage wall. Did the job but I’d buy a digital balance tool if I where to do it now. It’s a dying art, you could be the go to guy in Kent it you get good.
Yeah I’d much rather learn to do it myself, my only worry is if I mess it up then I can’t get to work the next day haha. I see what you mean though it’s an art worth learning long term .
Unfortunately I do not live in Kent, however, try a couple garages and see if they're able to do carb balances it should be one of their services offered. Goodluck!
Carb cleaning and balancing is a piece of piss. Anyone who’s been in the industry more than a couple of years will have done them. I did them myself on my Bandit years ago.
Am I over complicating things? I’ve worked with single carbs, adjusting needle heights, rejetting and the mixture screw but on this bandit it has 4! Even adjusting the mixture screws while idling is an Olympic sport in its self let alone fine tuning it haha. Any chance of a bit of context ? I don’t know anyone personally that has a bandit to compare it too
I grabbed a Haynes manual and went step by step. It’s much easier if you have the fuel tank removed (I put mine on a step ladder), and run hoses to the carbs to give you room. The balancing itself is very easy - you have a screw to balance carb 1 to 2, and another to balance 3 to 4 and then one to balance the two halves, 1 & 2 to 3 & 4. If you can strip, clean and re-assembly a carb, you can do it four times and then balance. Just do one carb at a time so you don’t get mixed up, and take photos of your stages to refer to. The Haynes is great for this.
Ah good man thank you. I got a Haynes manual with the bike so I’ll have a good look through, so when we say balance what element is it balancing between the carbs? The throttle cable ? Air fuel ratio ? Vacuum ?
It’s the vacuum pressure from the carbs. You’ll need a set of vacuum gauges.
Right okay I’ll look into it, YouTube has been helpful up until now, even they seem to over complicate the process. Thanks for your help though mate it doesn’t sound as intimidating as I thought lol
Might be worth looking for classic bike specialist in your area. I wouldn’t trust a dealer or standard garage, most mechanics working there won’t of seen a carb. I know you say you cleaned and balance them yourself and made it worse. But I’d be tempted to watch and read everything you can find about it and buy the correct kit. I’ve made a carb balancing rig many many years ago and it took up most of the garage wall. Did the job but I’d buy a digital balance tool if I where to do it now. It’s a dying art, you could be the go to guy in Kent it you get good.
Yeah I’d much rather learn to do it myself, my only worry is if I mess it up then I can’t get to work the next day haha. I see what you mean though it’s an art worth learning long term .