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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #300 - 12/20/21 at 09:46:02 This is a shot of how rough the plating is on the slide. DBM - your slide looked very smooth in comparison. I was thinking of hitting this with some really fine wet/dry sand paper to smooth it out more.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #301 - 12/20/21 at 10:06:20 After disassembly, I noticed the cam chain guide had an unusual kink in it. I was careful during the removal, so I don't think I did this to it. Looking at the part diagram it doesn't look like it should be there. Should I straighten it, or replace it?
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #302 - 12/20/21 at 10:06:46 better view
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #303 - 12/20/21 at 10:40:20

TheSneeze wrote on 12/20/21 at 10:06:20:

After disassembly, I noticed the cam chain guide had an unusual kink in it. I was careful during the removal, so I don't think I did this to it. Looking at the part diagram it doesn't look like it should be there. Should I straighten it, or replace it?

The only issue I know of is one shed it's plastic and clogged the oil pump.
So if it doesn't have any cracks before and after straightening... go for it.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #304 - 12/20/21 at 10:42:52 Thanks. I figured nothing to lose trying to straighten it, if it develops a crack a new one will be ordered. Not sure how it got that way.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4222 Honolulu	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #305 - 12/20/21 at 11:42:05 That slide is ugly to the fourth power. Got any more pics?
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #306 - 12/20/21 at 11:45:21 The other side isn't any better...
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #307 - 12/20/21 at 11:48:27 Plating void.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #308 - 12/20/21 at 12:48:40 I started to examine the rest of my PWK parts, and found this after noticing one of the floats seemed "wet".
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #309 - 12/20/21 at 12:50:12 Okay, so there is a hole at the injection mold site. Flip it over, and found this crack!! I guess I need to find a supplier to buy a new float now.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1203 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #310 - 12/20/21 at 12:57:09 I found a complete rebuild kit for the PWK on Fleabay for half of what I paid for the whole carb. It includes the float. Now I have more spares.
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #311 - 12/21/21 at 17:09:04

Wow! That float assembly looks ugly too. I don't know which is worse, the float or the slide. I'm puzzled by the liquid. Did you fill it with gas? I was under the assumption that you haven't tried the carb yet, so where did the liquid come from. I went back through your prior photos and if you look closely you can see that crack. Great that you were able to find a cheap replacement. Hope it's better than the one you have now.

I suppose you will be changing the slide. You will need a #7. They come with various cutaways. This picture should be helpful.

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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4222 Honolulu	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #312 - 12/21/21 at 17:10:35 Can you measure the slide you have now? A #7 slide has a .385" cutaway as shown in this sketch.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4222 Honolulu	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #313 - 12/21/21 at 17:13:58 Just put it on a flat surface and check it with drill bits. A #7 is right about a letter "W" drill bit.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2697 WTF is JOG?	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #314 - 12/21/21 at 18:00:56 I've been in a bunch of those PWK carbs when I raced moto and the pictures you posted DON'T look like Genuine PWK parts.
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