as above and apply some gentle heat around the studs at the same time.

It was fine when it was parked up last spring, never got out on it 😞
What's in the carb that can cause that prob ?

thanks paul
ive swapped leads and caps, tried new plugs still the same, must be a carb fault i think.
what causes a carb to over fuel ???

All the best for the coming year everyone
Anyone know what causes no 4 cyl on my z900 a4 to miss fire and the plug
is allways wet ???
The comp is ok and iv'e try'd new plugs !!!!
Could it be over fueling on that cyl ??

weld a nut to the broken stud, apply a direct heat ( oxy/act ) flame to the alluminium around the stud, with a spanner gently rock the stud left to right. DON'T try and undo it in one go, it WILL pull the threads out of the head, Top tip ......if you don't have the means to do this take it to some o...

Thinking of selling this 900 ltd, its untouched and as original as they come, but not sure of a price, can't find anything to compare it with that comes close. Any help appreciated http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt326/bartondene/IMG_2661_1.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt326/bartondene/...

what about a totaly unmolested euro 73 z1 and a very nice molested 72 z1

Bad earth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A bike of mine did this when i fitted dyna s once. It was the dyna rotor sticking, took the thin shim out and it still did it, ended up taking some off the rotor with fine wet and dry on a piece of glass. Make sure you can turn the rotor freely with your fingers and feel the advance unit working smo...

think ive got it now

Rob
so what your saying is turn the crank clockwise, then back a little so you can feel the slack the adjust the chain.

zed1015 wrote:Doesn't matter where the TDC mark is when tensioning the chain.
What matters is keeping all the slack on the tensioner side when locking the tensioner which is what you have done.

are the manual adjusters better than the spring loaded ones ??

Built a z1 eng up over winter, runs fine apart from having a bit of a cam chain rattle from first start up, re adjusted the chain a couple of times as per manual no joy :( Yesterday took the chain tensioner off and with one finger down the barrel pushing against the tensioner wheel and a spanner on ...

any of you gents got a late 72 front rim 2k or 2L they want to sell or a complete wheel will do

Z1parR wrote:It'd look better at night mate