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MIKE550/4:
first time doing this

had a look on this site , cant seem to find much info for k3 carbs
can someone look at pics at point out exactly what i have to take out to clean , carbs were full of manky old stale petrol but seem pretty clean, aware have to be carefull with carbs and not go in gungho

only took tops off,  side caps inside were like brand new

so questions what exactly do i clean and also need advice setting float height  some pics to alter if you wish

MIKE550/4:
meant to mention have an air compressor if that would help

duzatun:
g day mike
they are the same carbs as are on my 550 and yes very little info to be found on these i did find the amended section  to add to the manual i had for the bike which had these carbs in it but couldnt find the parts list took me a while to get on top of these carbs and to set the floats there are two heights given one is 12.5 and one is 14.5 i have set the 14.5 but as they are flat style floats  not round i set the 14.5 at the end tip of floats not sure if this is correct but after jetting them up bigger is running much better as for cleaning if soaking in fuel and carefully cleaning with toothbrush doesnt work there are a few cleaning products available but over there  i guess products would be different to whats we have here in aus,

SteveD CB500K0:
I have a parts list for this model.

If there's any particular bit you'd like, I'll scan and email it.

MIKE550/4:
plan is to take apart , put air through the holes, try and get some carb cleaner,( which seems to have dissapeared off our shelves )

reset floats and replace gaskets and o rings

yes steve parts list diagramn would be great, should help the pair of us 

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