Carby service Q*update*

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:29 am

Just a quick question,

have been quoted $150 + parts for a carby service.

Not being experienced in this area, is this a fair price? (its a zzr250)

Ta

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:24 pm

considering parts aren't likely to be more than a new set of seals at $15-20 or so, yeah, seems a fair price, thats about 2-2.5hours labour in that cost. That'd be what about it'd take someone who knows what they are doing from start to end.

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:27 pm

cool, thanks

SocialSecurity · Post by **SocialSecurity** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:54 pm

what are the symptoms?

MrPink · Post by **MrPink** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:51 pm

What work shop and\or Who gave you the quote

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:36 am

Symptoms - slight hesitation on acceleration and a big hesitation on right hand corners.

Quote - Tex from TJ's at Minchinbury.

The bike is booked in for Thursday

Johnnie5 · Post by **Johnnie5** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:50 pm

mike-s wrote:considering parts aren't likely to be more than a new set of seals at $15-20 or so, yeah, seems a fair price, thats about 2-2.5hours labour in that cost. That'd be what about it'd take someone who knows what they are doing from start to end.

dont bet on it

could be a case of requiring diaphams and thats big $$$

to me sounds like just needing a clean out and balance

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:06 pm

True, but i was going on the "if everything goes according to plan" notion, and yeah, you saw how well my plan of getting to work went this morning.....

FrogZ · Post by **FrogZ** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:55 am

Cheap if you took in a faired carby bike
Rip off for a naked EFI

SocialSecurity · Post by **SocialSecurity** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:36 pm

be wary of paying full price if they do absolutely nothing for the problems

and ensure that the mechanic is working to solve the problems rather than just 'service the carby'

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:02 pm

Tex is ok, he asked the history first and we agreed on probable diagnosis.

As mechanics go I would rather taked my little bike there than say, a bike shop like Western's.
If Narellan Kawasaki wasnt so far away I would have went there.

Johnnie5 · Post by **Johnnie5** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:30 pm

mohawk miss wrote:Tex is ok, he asked the history first and we agreed on probable diagnosis.

As mechanics go I would rather taked my little bike there than say, a bike shop like Western's.
If Narellan Kawasaki wasnt so far away I would have went there.

well to tex from penriff its about 15 mins
narellan is about 30 mins

not exactly all that far and a nice easy ride to narellan

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:09 pm

yay narellan

i might go to them when i finally decide to go into a shop to get somthing done *probably just fork seals and a check of the valve clearances/cam chain tensioner*

although i think with some other mechanically minded people and a trusty service book it should be simple enough to check the clearances.

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:26 pm

clearances can be checked with (at the most) 2 hours (inc frigging with plastic fairings and the tank), some beer, the correct sized socket to turn the engine over (about 18-20mm from memory) and a feeler gauge.

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:57 pm

[/quote]well to tex from penriff its about 15 mins
narellan is about 30 mins

Its only about 5mins to TJ's from my place, and I can get a lift home so I dont have to sit and wait.

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Carby service Qupdate

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