i'll be rebuilding my stock nikki here soon. i've got my haynes manual, which seems to have a pretty good walkthrough, but i'm looking for some info to supplement the haynes. any suggestions? links?


thanks,
--brad

 

I rebuilt a f-ed up nikki for my GLC at the age of 15. Easy as hell. Any you had a haynes manual. If you get a rebuild kit they usually come with some rudimentary instructions. The one in my package were in chinese. Well....

 

DP, my bad...

 

He's right there not that hard to rebuild, just make sure you know exactly where everything came from when taking the carb apart. Just cleaning all of the gum and carbon will make it run a lot smoother. You'll learn alot and probably find out that your secondaries aren't opening all the way (you'll find the spring to remove to make them open easier). Before I rebilt my carb wayyyyyyy back when I was 17 on my 85 It got 5.6mpg LOL after it got 24 once and way more power.


Good luck

 

I would hang onto the return spring for the vacuum secondaries if you decieded to remove it, you might need it later. Cutting the spring to open the secondaries eariler is common at the track in Pro 7. Remember, in general the more suddenly the secondaries feel like they are opening up the farther away from ideal you are. If they open too soon or late there is a drop in hp followed by the engine returning to it's proper power level.Check it out on a chassis dyno! Rob

 

heh, if you removed the vac secondary spring I would think you woulden't gain anything, the spring I was talking about is a long skinny spring that is near the throttle linkage.

 

victoria british sells a carb rebuild kit for $20.00. i heard the instructions are very easy to understand, even without the manual......vic

 

Setzep

What's the advantage in removing the "long skinny spring" ?

 

The more spring left in the vac sec pot, the better the gas mileage and higher in the RPM range your engine will have to go before the sec butterflies open up. Cut the spring a quarter of its length and drive around to evaluate where your comfort zone is regarding the power increase vs. the inevitable gas mileage decrease.