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Title: REJETTING: #4 vs 3 mm washers
Post by: JetSwing on September 14, 2005, 02:22:46 PM
just curious...is there a reason why 3 mm washer is not being recommended in rejetting? the 3 mm washer is identical to stock washer. whereas, the #4 washer is noticeably larger in outer circumference.

the only thing i could think of is #4 is more widely available...are there any other reasons?
Title: #2
Post by: The Buddha on September 14, 2005, 02:26:14 PM
I started out with #2's, somehow it got turned into #4's and I used to fight it, but I bought #4's for my kawi's and said ehhh close enough ... now yours is 01+ ... so its entirely different from the 89-00, but it will work in any case ... eeeehhhhh close enough ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: REJETTING: #4 vs 3 mm washers
Post by: JetSwing on September 14, 2005, 02:29:50 PM
so it was YOU! thanks for making us use kawi washer!  :P

i don't know...someone on the board had mentioned that he had to get a custom washer. i was thinking he should be able to find a correct washer size with no problem...
Title: REJETTING: #4 vs 3 mm washers
Post by: EDub on September 15, 2005, 12:36:53 PM
i tried using #4's on an 04 and they seemed to large.  I ended up using they nylon type washers, just had to open the hole a bit with a hex key.
Title: REJETTING: #4 vs 3 mm washers
Post by: fat_sac on September 15, 2005, 01:13:24 PM
What jets should I run with an after market pipe? I just opened my carbs up to see what they looked like inside and found the big jets are 122's. I was told the bike had been jetted, but isn't the factory jet a 125?
Title: REJETTING: #4 vs 3 mm washers
Post by: BigTwin on September 16, 2005, 02:51:30 PM
how big are these #4 washers? I bought some today and they are very small, I was expecting something bigger. They are about the size of an eraser on a #2 pencil width wise.

Did I get the right ones? And all they had were brass washers, are they OK?

THANKS, BigTwin