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O, Woe is me!!
I started to put this in broodwich's thread here, but saw that the thread was linked on CarbTune's site, and decided that might be kinda rude, comparing a competitor's tool in a thread they linked to. So, new thread.
I just did my TBS today with the Motion Pro SyncPro. Mercury free, uncalibrated tool. It has one difference in that the four tubes are completely independent, they do not share a fluid pool at the bottom, which requires that before use you attach all four tubes through a supplied manifold to a single cylinder and adjust them to match each other. A bit of an extra step, but it also means that the tool can be used on twins and threes without having to plug the extra lines.
There's no telling what the actual vacuum is, you just make them all match after initially calibrating them and then hooking up all four cylinders. Comparitive only.
My tool came with a little bit too much fluid in #2, I think. Here's the start of calibration, all four tubes hooked to one cylinder, and a picture of the manifold adapter that comes with it.
After turning the screws at the base of each tube you get all four tubes even, like so, and the unit is "calibrated" to your vacuum source, i.e. the bike's vacuum is in the range of the tool.
Because #2 was so high at its lowest adjustment, one other tube actually bottomed out just as it matched up. I was going to call the vendor about swapping it, and it occurred to me that I might just let the motor suck some juice out of #2 to even it up. Instructions tell you how to avoid feeding juice to the motor, but also point out that it's harmless if it happens.
Today's effort was actually my second. I did this a couple of weeks ago, and my idle seemed to have dropped afterwards. Set that back up today and repeated the TBS. This pic is the starting point of the first effort a couple of weeks ago. Again, no telling what the actual unit difference is, but you're supposed to have them within the same range of lines, not two or three lines off from one another. I also noticed the bubble, which was easily removed by unhooking the tool and using the centripetal sling technique and starting over. . . Note the storage clips for the 4-way manifold and tube. The adapters it comes with for some bikes store in the base of the unit, so where it hangs on your shop wall it contains everything it came with, no looking for that piece or this one 2 years from now. And unlike most mercury tools it can be stored laying flat.
Today's starting point after adjusting the idle back up to 1100 RPM was better, but still needed a tweak.
I'm gonna get all crazy here, and instead of pencils I'm gonna show an actual screwdriver turning an actual screw during an actual adjustment. Fair warning. :lol:
Ended up like so:
You do this on a warmed-up bike. Once I parked the bike, it was a 15-minute job, including lifting and replacing the tank. But dang it, didn't have a chance to road test it. The missus came home from her mom's, and suddenly there were "things" that had to get done. Now. Today.
I ordered this from this link which I had seen in another thread around here somewhere. $69.95 is my kind of price compared to the other stuff out there. . . .
Also, you don't need the 6mm adapters it lists as optional accessories for Yamaha bikes.
I just did my TBS today with the Motion Pro SyncPro. Mercury free, uncalibrated tool. It has one difference in that the four tubes are completely independent, they do not share a fluid pool at the bottom, which requires that before use you attach all four tubes through a supplied manifold to a single cylinder and adjust them to match each other. A bit of an extra step, but it also means that the tool can be used on twins and threes without having to plug the extra lines.
There's no telling what the actual vacuum is, you just make them all match after initially calibrating them and then hooking up all four cylinders. Comparitive only.
My tool came with a little bit too much fluid in #2, I think. Here's the start of calibration, all four tubes hooked to one cylinder, and a picture of the manifold adapter that comes with it.
After turning the screws at the base of each tube you get all four tubes even, like so, and the unit is "calibrated" to your vacuum source, i.e. the bike's vacuum is in the range of the tool.
Because #2 was so high at its lowest adjustment, one other tube actually bottomed out just as it matched up. I was going to call the vendor about swapping it, and it occurred to me that I might just let the motor suck some juice out of #2 to even it up. Instructions tell you how to avoid feeding juice to the motor, but also point out that it's harmless if it happens.
Today's effort was actually my second. I did this a couple of weeks ago, and my idle seemed to have dropped afterwards. Set that back up today and repeated the TBS. This pic is the starting point of the first effort a couple of weeks ago. Again, no telling what the actual unit difference is, but you're supposed to have them within the same range of lines, not two or three lines off from one another. I also noticed the bubble, which was easily removed by unhooking the tool and using the centripetal sling technique and starting over. . . Note the storage clips for the 4-way manifold and tube. The adapters it comes with for some bikes store in the base of the unit, so where it hangs on your shop wall it contains everything it came with, no looking for that piece or this one 2 years from now. And unlike most mercury tools it can be stored laying flat.
Today's starting point after adjusting the idle back up to 1100 RPM was better, but still needed a tweak.
I'm gonna get all crazy here, and instead of pencils I'm gonna show an actual screwdriver turning an actual screw during an actual adjustment. Fair warning. :lol:
Ended up like so:
You do this on a warmed-up bike. Once I parked the bike, it was a 15-minute job, including lifting and replacing the tank. But dang it, didn't have a chance to road test it. The missus came home from her mom's, and suddenly there were "things" that had to get done. Now. Today.
I ordered this from this link which I had seen in another thread around here somewhere. $69.95 is my kind of price compared to the other stuff out there. . . .
Also, you don't need the 6mm adapters it lists as optional accessories for Yamaha bikes.
