Carbs for sale

[Chris whit]

Hi Guys , is there anyone willing to sell a set of carbs for a 79 CB400 four . Ive stripped my carbs down today and found that there had been a snapped off float pin lug and its been repaired with Araldite. Don’t want to risk trying to get the float pin out as it looks like it will snap off again . Would anyone know if there is a decent set of carbs prefably refurbished that are for sale .

[petermigreen]

I had this exact same problem on my 400 when I took the carbs apart on no. 3 carb.
I got a replacement no. 3 carb from Steve at www.400fourbits.co.uk

He lists split carbs bodies that have been cleaned. If you email him he's sure to be able to help out.
If not then possibly gerben on ebay may be able to help.
Check out this post
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,16757.msg142219.html#msg142219

Peter

[Chris whit]

Gerben has got a reconditioned set on eBay for £325.00 , do you think thats a fair price .

[Nurse Julie]

Gerben has got a reconditioned set on eBay for £325.00 , do you think thats a fair price .

Gerbens recon carbs are excellent and I would say that is a fair price. You can't run the bike without carbs 😀😀😀 Email Gerben, he may do you an exchange deal...always worth an ask.

[Chris whit]

Thanks Julie, think i may order them as my bikes as good as i can get , so it would be a shame to spoil it in the big scheme of things .

[royhall]

I have a Gerben reconditioned set for a 350F that have never been used. They are the same carbs but with different idle jets (35s instead of 40s). If you still need them send me a PM. Your only about 18 miles from me. Cheers Roy.

[Chris whit]

Thanks Roy , I’ve just ordered a set from Gerben , wish i had seen your post earlier . Can you recommend anyone local to set up and balance carbs .

[royhall]

Thanks Roy , I’ve just ordered a set from Gerben , wish i had seen your post earlier . Can you recommend anyone local to set up and balance carbs .

Don't really know anywhere in Preston. You may be better buying a set of vac gauges and learning how to do it yourself. It's pretty simple to do really.

[Trigger]

Thanks Roy , I’ve just ordered a set from Gerben , wish i had seen your post earlier . Can you recommend anyone local to set up and balance carbs .

The carbs from Garben will already be set.

[petermigreen]

Thanks Roy , I’ve just ordered a set from Gerben , wish i had seen your post earlier . Can you recommend anyone local to set up and balance carbs .

The carbs from Garben will already be set.

In my experience, carbs bought from Gerben will still need balancing.
Peter

[Nurse Julie]

Thanks Roy , I’ve just ordered a set from Gerben , wish i had seen your post earlier . Can you recommend anyone local to set up and balance carbs .

The carbs from Garben will already be set.

They'll still need balancing

Not necessarily Peter but i'm sure we all do it these days just for something else to do. If you think what happened with the carbs from the factory, they were bench synced by Keihin, who put the little yellow spots of paint on, fitted to the bikes by Honda, not checked or adjusted on PDI and off the customer went. A good bench sync will get the carbs very close to perfect, to allow the bike to start and run with no problems. I think these days it's because we all take our own carbs apart to clean them, fit new 'O' rings etc, that they need balancing again afterwards. If we left them alone in the first place, to factory settings, they wouldn't need re balancing.........

[petermigreen]

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[Nurse Julie]

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