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    Keihin FCR jetting diagram / Internal parts /cleaning pictures

    I thought some of you might like to see this if you haven't seen it before:





    Note: "Fuel Screw" and "IMS (Idle Mixture Screw) are the same thing. Keihin uses the terms interchangably depending on what information you are reading.





    Part numbers for different needles:



    Sudco Part numbers:



    Main jet part numbers:



    Here is a great webpage detailing the location of all the jets and adjustments on FCR's - I'll do the same with my bank of 39's (with better pics, of course) when I pull them apart next time (should be next week - I'm going to skinny up my slow fuel jet just a bit and give them their annual cleaning).

    http://www.ducatitech.com/2v/inside_fcr.html

    Since this is stickied now ...here are some shots of the innerds of the beasties (Keihin FCR39 flatslides)

    Underside of carbs with bowls removed...you can see the emulsion tubes (8MM unscrews them) and the main jets (6MM unscrews them). The lone silver rod is the accelerator pump actuator.



    In this shot, the brass is the main nozzle tube with a main jet screwed into it.

    Other holes (in relation to brass you see) are the pilot fuel jet at the 7:00 position and the Idle mixture screw at the 3:00 position. There is no jet in the hole at the 12:00 position. The float needle is at the far left.



    Another shot of same with flash so you can see the pilot (slow) fuel jet. I have already removed the Idle Mixture screws in this shot:



    Here is a shot of the top of the carbs where the needles live:



    Close-up of screw that holds needle in place:



    Screw removed, showing top of needle and the C-clip. Notice - no plastic spiders, springs, rubber diaphragms, or other crap to mess with. Simplicity at its best. I LOVE FCR's.



    Here is a close-up of the pilot (slow) fuel jets. Location documented in above shots.



    Closeup of the main nozzle tubes (these screw into the carbs, then the main fuel jets screw into these). Main fuel jets partially in view at top of shot.



    Closeup of the main fuel jets. Emulsion tubes partially in view at bottom of shot.:



    I use small needlenose pliers to remove the needles:



    Like this:



    Here they are removed:



    Here is a view of the back of the carbs...you can see the red plastic intake trumpets, and two brass jets at the base of each spigot. The brass thing on the left base of each is the slow air jet (it is a spring loaded screw) and at the right base location is the main air jet:



    Close-up. Again, slow air jet on left (adjustable spring loaded) - main air jet on right (choose a fixed number):



    Accelerator pump actuator rod:



    A ball-socket allen wrench is a must-have to undo the screws that hold the trumpets on - that or you can Z-bend a normal allen in your vice. 4MM is the size:



    Close-up of slow fuel jet removal:



    Close-up of main air jet removal:



    A can of carb soak for making all those giblets I removed look new and clean again:



    All shiny and sparkly again...now I just shoot carb cleaner from a can through all of them before re-installation.





    Here are my aftermarket stealth racing adjustable Idle Mixture fuel screws:



    As far as cleaning the carb bodies themselves...I jam the slides open with a screwdriver, protect the bike's faster green paint with lots of towels, and then spray carb cleaner into all the holes:

    1) Main jet/main nozzle tube hole
    2) Pilot fuel jet hole
    3) Idle mixture fuel screw hole
    4) Slow air screw hole
    5) Main air screw hole
    6) Other hole next to main jet / main nozzle tube hole that doesn't have a removable jet that lives in it.

    7) I make sure I see a nice stream of carb cleaner come ouf of the two holes that are in the base of the carb throat.
    8) I dis-assemble the accelerator pump and clean it as well, being careful not to lose the two rubber O-Rings or the spring. I have contributed to another thread with lots of pics on accelerator pump mods here:

    http://zrxoa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=168688

    Avoid getting carb cleaner on your FCR39 logo - it will destroy the paint and you will have to have Giannis make you a new custom one. Ask me how I know this.
    Last edited by dimora; 04-06-2010 at 05:17 PM. Reason: Added main jet part numbers chart


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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Great

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    My first post modified with LOTS of new pics I shot yesterday.



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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Shamelessly stolen information compliments of Seth (SCS) from this thread:

    http://zrxoa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163418

    Quote Originally Posted by scs View Post
    58 pilot jet 3 or more turns on the air screws
    55 pilot jet 2-2.5 turns on the air screws
    52 pilot jet 1.5-1.75 turns on the pilot screws
    50 pilot jet 1.25 turns on the pilot screws
    These were my observations when setting up fcr39's
    I wanted to stick it here so this can kind of be a "reference" thread for diddling these things - and Seth is the man when it comes to diddling FCR's.


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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Quote Originally Posted by dimora View Post
    Shamelessly stolen information compliments of Seth (SCS) from this thread:

    http://zrxoa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163418



    I wanted to stick it here so this can kind of be a "reference" thread for diddling these things - and Seth is the man when it comes to diddling FCR's.
    i like to diddle other things too

    excellent thread Shane

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Parts diagram and part numbers from Sudco.

    For what it is worth, I order all my FCR parts from Buzz at Dynoman.net








    I got it all from here (Entire Sudco catalog in .pdf)

    http://sudco.com/vol34/sudco34cat.pdf

    Last edited by dimora; 10-12-2011 at 10:14 AM.


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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Quote Originally Posted by dimora View Post
    Parts diagram and part numbers from Sudco.

    For what it is worth, I order all my FCR parts from Buzz at Dynoman.net
    +1 for Buzz

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    do you know of anybody who can translate these OEM pages, I really would like to know what extra things they may( or may not ) tell us





















    there are over twenty pages in all
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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    please does anyone read japanese?

    4: ytrap, itchybutt, gary1129, mavrek, monkey pincher, & all those we miss you
    "ckempf" I knew this would happen. Yesterday I publicly recognized that Sillyhillbilly is a literary genius. Now your trying to imitate his style. Don't work, give it up.:nonono
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    Robb,,, ya should have my package in your hands by now.
    Let me know.
    QUOTEphilobeddoe; ]i agree with marvin, which means the world is going to explode in 10, 9, 8, 7, ...

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    I don't Marvin but I wanted to give a big thank you to Shane...Excellent work on this thread..ESPECIALLY since I put my FCRs on the bike this afternoon
    *Thread elsewhere..*

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Quote Originally Posted by rxrated View Post
    I don't Marvin but I wanted to give a big thank you to Shane...Excellent work on this thread..ESPECIALLY since I put my FCRs on the bike this afternoon
    *Thread elsewhere..*
    Outstanding!

    Now, you MUST add the stealth racing accelerator pump mod. It virtually eliminates bogging down low when you turn the throttle too quick.


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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    :LOL: Lemme get up to speed first ...
    ( I saw that in your thrread) Dang mods just NEVER end

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Spray carb clean or spray brake clean and item 22 don't get along.

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Quote Originally Posted by SKIDMARK View Post
    Spray carb clean or spray brake clean and item 22 don't get along.

    Did you "melt" something Charlie?
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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    That was one of the very best pictoral presentations on the layout of carbs that I yet to see - excellent presentation, now I know where all the jets are located. Honestly, before seeing your photos, I really didn't quite know where the jets exactly were. Thank you for going to all the trouble of taking and posting those great photos.

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Bill I didn't have a melt down but the seals got all wrinkley and expanded to magnum perportions. Luckly there were spares in the misc parts bag. Saved my bacon.

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    Re: Keihin FCR jetting diagram

    Quote Originally Posted by SKIDMARK View Post
    Bill I didn't have a melt down but the seals got all wrinkley and expanded to magnum perportions. Luckly there were spares in the misc parts bag. Saved my bacon.

    You must be charmed.

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    If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands;they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision of the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in short, everything, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress…. Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited Government established by the people of America.

    I will never forget.

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    Do you have a picture of how the carb vent's are routed on your FCR's?

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    Just run them down along the frame rails or up under the seat. No biggie.
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    Edit: Disregard. I figured it out....

    Shane, thanks a ton for taking the time to do pics and whatnot in this thread.
    Last edited by flying dave; 06-28-2011 at 11:13 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bacaruda View Post
    Do you have a picture of how the carb vent's are routed on your FCR's?
    I tuck mine into my Ted's battery "GET THE F*%& OUT" kit...you want to protect the ends of the vent hoses from vacuum (IE direct air stream as you ride the bike) as that can cause surging. In fact, on ANY podded bike, regardless of carb type, that is the normal cause of surging - vent-tubes being exposed to the airstream.


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