carb cleaning

[Craig Kahler]

I just mounted and balanced a new K270 rear. It took 3oz of lead weight opposit the heavy spot to get it balanced. Is 3oz a resonable amount of weight for this tire? Craig Kahler

[E Hines]

Try letting the air out and rotating the tire on rim.  Take the weights of (mark the spot first).  Try it again.  Sometimes it is the rim and tire that is out of balance and by doing this it will take less weight.  We used to do this on car tires all the time. Ran a tire shop/garage for the first 6 years of my adult life.  I like to use as little weight as possible. [b]From:[/b] Craig Kahler [b]To:[/b] dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Thu, August 19, 2010 5:24:23 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Balancing Kenda 270 rear tire   I just mounted and balanced a new K270 rear. It took 3oz of lead weight opposit the heavy spot to get it balanced. Is 3oz a resonable amount of weight for this tire? Craig Kahler

[Greg May]

Hi Craig,  I just had the pleasure of a rear flat on a Kenda 760 and it took about 1.75 oz (a 1 oz weight and a 2nd 1 oz weight trimmed as needed). Have a great day.....Greg

--- On [b]Thu, 8/19/10, Craig Kahler [i][/i][/b] wrote:

From: Craig Kahler Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Balancing Kenda 270 rear tire To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com Received: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7:24 PM   I just mounted and balanced a new K270 rear. It took 3oz of lead weight opposit the heavy spot to get it balanced. Is 3oz a resonable amount of weight for this tire? Craig Kahler

[dooden]

Was the tire marked with a paint dot ? Attempting to remember if that goes where the valve stem or 180 degrees.. K270 I mounted and inflated... Tada.. close enough. for me.. Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Craig Kahler wrote: > > I just mounted and balanced a new K270 rear. It took 3oz of lead weight opposit the heavy spot to get it balanced. > Is 3oz a resonable amount of weight for this tire? > Craig Kahler >

[sh8knj8kster]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Dooden" wrote:

> > Was the tire marked with a paint dot ? Attempting to remember if that goes where the valve stem or 180 degrees.. > >

clip, clip, clip ~~~the paint dot indicates the lightest point of the tire. folklore indicates the tire valve is the heaviest point of the wheel but how do we know what we know? You must check balance of the wheel w/o a tire nor any wheel weights. Once you find the heaviest point of the rim, mark it with a permanent marker. that is the point to align the tire paint dot to Jake Reddick Fla. If there were no God, there would be no atheists http://www.shakinjake.blogspot.com/

[spike55_bmw]

While you are at it check the foam air cleaner and carefully inspect the carb diaphragm. Unbeknownest to me, mine had two small tares and as they grew, my max rpm continued to drop over a month-long period: only 5,500, 5,000, and then 4,500. On the third diaphragm inspection the tares were large enough for my to notice. Don R100, A6F

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" wrote: > > feeling a very slight stumbling in my 05 with near 30,000 miles at hwy speed. assuming a dirty carb. anything else I should be looking at. getting the valves adjusted next week. thanks > > keith >