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Hey J yea i always get my model mixed up.. its a 81 . spoke wheels. drum brakes. says special- II on the side covers. also had sway back bars on it until i bent them out. So does that make it a heritage ?? anyway thanks for the brake model number. everything seems to be free on the...

Hey guys. cleaned up back drum pads, roughed them up a little. and cleaned up the inner drum. and wow i still really have no back break. if i put everything i got into it. it will lock up at low speed. new pads?? if so what should i get and where. thanks

clean carbs ,new air filters, bike runs great!! took long trip today. love my xs400

if i drive it normal and down shift like i always it comes back to idle like it should and stays there,... if i pull the clutch going down the road at 60 mph it will sit at about 3000 rpm and stay there until i throw it back in gear but i dont notice it if i slow it down with...

ok. yea , insulation. took a long ride in hot weather today. bike is running good. pulled plugs, right side is a little lean. gonna go out half turn on the mixture screw on rt side.

thanks guys. somebody told me they were mikuni 34 mark 3 carbs or something like that, but anyway yea . the plugs are actually looking darker now after i did the air filters. less air coming in. The only issue i had putting the carbs back together was i had trouble getting one of diaghrams to...

Since the exhaust is straight flow. [ no baffles in those little mikes xs pipes] . I think i created a suction situation with the rebuilt air filters air is restricted on the back side and free flow on the pipes side. so thats why i can manually bring the idle down...

Hey guys. this is a bit tricky.. So i cleaned my carbs. everything went well on that. original jets back in. but i found out i basically had no foam filter on the screens of air filter boxes. So i rebuilt the filters. went good. look great with the green uni filter stuff. So.... I got...

What about attaching it to the metal frames. I have siliconcaulk. permatex #2 nonhardening gasket maker or i also have Yamabond #4 What have you guys used. ??

i ordered the green

ok yea see it on amazon. the green stuff is 5/8 thick --65 ppi and then there is some 3/8 stuff that is 40 ppi. I think the green is the ticket right??................

Hey guys. did my carbs. It idles!! But not right yet.,,,,,, Air filter material is falling apart.....I got it alll cleaned off the metel mesh. But i need new foam to wrap the screen with. Does amazon have anything that would work??Need new foam

thanks captain chrome!!

noticed also no model numbers on the carbs ??

It looks like there is a little port hole that goes from the main jet to the idle jet . is that how the idle jet gets feul??? with the plug on??

ok i didnt see that 48-1408 because it was listed for xs650 ... but it said good for 82 xs400. mine is 81. same carbs i guess??

the float bowl gaskets look fine. Maybe amazon has a o ring kit. oh yea, whats up with the black plug over the idle jet. . do i need to leave that on??

Hey guys. finally took my carbs off my 81 special. Been driving it for three years without it idling. looks like all i need is that o ring that goes around the float needle housing. that housing is kinda loose going in and out . I see mikes xs part #48-1445 for a total replacement, but i would...

Hey guys. getting ready to check valves for first time. on my 1981 400. been reading some posts on different peoples settings. seems to be alot of discrepencies on what spec actually is for the clearances. what does original manual say??

hay guys. original manual says 12-n-12a-4a-1 for battery. amazon has a mighty max but i think its 10 amp. will that work?