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by herb's garage
Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:00 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Sprintfire tie rods
Replies: 0
Views: 110

Sprintfire tie rods

Got enough snow to ride on a couple of weeks ago and noticed the steering was binding somewhat. Being a former ( cough, cough ) old Ski-doo guy I'm not real familiar with JD tie rods. Are they bent or curved at all? One of mine actually has an S shape. I never heard of a tie rod being anything but s...
by herb's garage
Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:41 am
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Sprintfire speedo cable
Replies: 1
Views: 111

Sprintfire speedo cable

Just looking at New Breed parts page. They list a speedo cable for a Spitfire, is this the same cable as an 83 Sprintfire? Also wondering if this is just the inner cable or the cable and the housing? Thanks, Herb
by herb's garage
Fri Feb 15, 2013 5:08 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: '83 Sprintfire tank
Replies: 0
Views: 430

'83 Sprintfire tank

What's the proper routing for the vent (top ) hose on an 83 Sprintfire fuel tank? Mine is half busted up and what's left of it is stuffed up under the steering column. Also, what's the right length for the internal hose on the other side of this fitting? The service manual from the vintage snow site...
by herb's garage
Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:07 pm
Forum: Kawasaki Tech Talk
Topic: Fuel tank grommet installation
Replies: 10
Views: 1097

Re: Fuel tank grommet installation

Yeah, these guys are right, you need to put the grommet in first but I went one step further and put the metal fitting in the freezer for about the amount of time it took to make two beers disappear. Could be my imagination but it seemed to make it go in a litle easier.
by herb's garage
Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:55 am
Forum: Registry
Topic: Sprintfire
Replies: 22
Views: 10722

Re: Sprintfire

1983 vin missing
9/82
Original
Herb
S.E.Mass.
11/2012
Trying to find out if the vin is located anywhere else on the machine. Tag is blank except for the build date.