Fuel / Exhaust
4.38
Reed Valve Removal
1. Remove air box inlet and hose clamp. Remove air
box cover and screen. Remove (9) intake base
bolts and intake base.
CAUTION:
Cover carbs and use care not to drop washers or de-
bris into carb openings.
2. Remove fuel inlet lines and plug to prevent fuel
spills. See fuel warnings on page 4.4. Remove
choke and throttle cables from carb assembly.
Remove fuel return line and plug.
3. Remove flange nuts securing carb rack assembly
to intake manifold and remove carb rack.
4. Remove intake manifold bolts and intake manifold
flange nuts. Remove manifold. Inspect all
gaskets and mating surfaces for possible air
leaks.
5. Remove reed stuffers, reed gaskets, reed
assembly, and lower reed gaskets.
Reed Valve Insp ectio n
1. Thoroughly inspect condition of reed valve
stuffers, reed valves and gaskets. Replace if
necessary.
2. Reed valves are sometimes held open by carbon
or other small particles. Remove screws from
reed stop. Remove the reed, making sure not to
flip the reed if it is to be re-used. Reverse
positioning of a reed will cause breakage.
3. Wipe reed cage and reed valve clean.
Reassemble reed, reed stop and screws to cage
and tighten. NOTE: If a gap of greater than .015²
(.4 mm) exists, replace the reed valve.
4. Clean and dry components for reassembly. Apply
Loctite 242 to reed stop screws for reassembly to
engine.
5. See installation of reed cage and intake manifold
in Engine Section.
Reed Pedal
Clearance .015²
(.38 mm) max.
Exaggerated
for illustration
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