Ready to junk this thing
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BigDog05
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ITS FIXED!!!
If you are having any trouble with a turbo RX1 reglue the T's before you do anything else.
Spray 25, buckeye, RXHALLER, Kip and others all keep saying the same thing. Reglue the T's.
Took the sled to the mountain today. The only thing I did was reglue the T's where they hook to the hose for the pitot tube. T's were tight and did not move at all on the carbs. T's on the hoses looked fine, but sled seemed to get worse the hotter it got. I used Yamaha Bond 4 like I did before, but I double clamped the T's at the hoses. Used a wire tie, plus welding wire like woodsrider suggested.
The only other thing I did was to leave the water shut off to the carbs open.
2800ft elevation, 18F
135 Mains, stock needles, fuel screw 2 turns out, 300 pitot jet. Temperature guage never went above 1250.
NO MORE POPPING under low throttle. I could tell as soon as I started it that it sounded better.
I don't have any 200 pitot jets, but I will feel better with a 200 under 20F.
If you are having any trouble with a turbo RX1 reglue the T's before you do anything else.
Spray 25, buckeye, RXHALLER, Kip and others all keep saying the same thing. Reglue the T's.
Took the sled to the mountain today. The only thing I did was reglue the T's where they hook to the hose for the pitot tube. T's were tight and did not move at all on the carbs. T's on the hoses looked fine, but sled seemed to get worse the hotter it got. I used Yamaha Bond 4 like I did before, but I double clamped the T's at the hoses. Used a wire tie, plus welding wire like woodsrider suggested.
The only other thing I did was to leave the water shut off to the carbs open.
2800ft elevation, 18F
135 Mains, stock needles, fuel screw 2 turns out, 300 pitot jet. Temperature guage never went above 1250.
NO MORE POPPING under low throttle. I could tell as soon as I started it that it sounded better.
I don't have any 200 pitot jets, but I will feel better with a 200 under 20F.
Freak
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
bigdog did you reglue the whole t or just where the hose connects to the t? Are you guys saying to glue the t and take the swivel out of it?
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BigDog05 
Freak, glue all 3 ends of the Tee. The McXpress kit came with metal inserts for the 2 lower parts of the Tee. They press into each carb, with the Yamabond 4 ofcourse. I will be checking mine at the end of the season. Probably time to after 2 years.
Freak, glue all 3 ends of the Tee. The McXpress kit came with metal inserts for the 2 lower parts of the Tee. They press into each carb, with the Yamabond 4 ofcourse. I will be checking mine at the end of the season. Probably time to after 2 years.
BigDog05
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Freak: There is no swivel at all where the T's go on the carbs. those seemed to be ok all along. Where I had trouble was if you would pull up on the short hose, it would act gummy. I don't know how to put it in words, but if you pull on the short hose now, the T looks like it is bowing up in the middle. No gummy feeling.
I did order a set of billet T's yesterday from Mountain Performance. That will be an after season project.
It is just amazing the difference. The first time I started the sled until today it had that annoying popping, on low throttle.
And it got worse the hotter the sled got. I'm guessing it was because the hose was expanding and causing a bigger leak.
I did order a set of billet T's yesterday from Mountain Performance. That will be an after season project.
It is just amazing the difference. The first time I started the sled until today it had that annoying popping, on low throttle.
And it got worse the hotter the sled got. I'm guessing it was because the hose was expanding and causing a bigger leak.
Freak
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
So I used the inserts from MCX and glued them in with epoxy. what else do I need to do? My sled is more lean than it should be for my jetting and altitiude and I am wondering if this is the culprit.
Turbo Tim
TY 4 Stroke Master
Freak said:
Freak , this worked out really sweet for me ....http://www.rx1.info/viewtopic.php?t=11993
BigDog05
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Skydog: Probably not too smart on my part, but I didn't even ask.When I ordered them, I still did not have a chance to ride it with the reglue.
Just gave them credit card number. Whatever they cost, I'm guessing they will be better than having to worry about these things coming loose.
Just gave them credit card number. Whatever they cost, I'm guessing they will be better than having to worry about these things coming loose.
turborx1ton
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i am going to redo mine as i have some braap,braap befor it will go. this site 
for stuff like this. need it top notch for the biso
for stuff like this. need it top notch for the biso
BigDog05
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Got about 70 miles of actual trail riding in yesterday before it got up to 45F and everything was turning to slush.
Max elevation where I ride is approx 2800-2900 ft.
Yesterday was the first time I held it open for more than 1000-1200 ft.
At anything above 30F sled is rich on top.
135 Mains
stock needles
300 pitot
fuel screws 2 turns out.
30F down to about 20F the 300 pitot is OK in mid range. Anything under 20F EGT goes up real quick @ 50-70MPH cruise.
Going to put 132.5 mains in this week, or should I just raise the needles one notch and put in a bigger pitot jet?
Max elevation where I ride is approx 2800-2900 ft.
Yesterday was the first time I held it open for more than 1000-1200 ft.
At anything above 30F sled is rich on top.
135 Mains
stock needles
300 pitot
fuel screws 2 turns out.
30F down to about 20F the 300 pitot is OK in mid range. Anything under 20F EGT goes up real quick @ 50-70MPH cruise.
Going to put 132.5 mains in this week, or should I just raise the needles one notch and put in a bigger pitot jet?
treewhacker
Expert
Someone needs to make a kit to replace that garbage on those T's with something that doesn't look like it came from a cracker jack box. That's rediculous.
