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I would encourage you to try the air cleaner service if.......
-You have good tools and know how to use them.
-Can read and understand the manual.
-You can work methodically and neatly.
If your Sprint is anything like mine, all the plastic will have to come off. It's not as scarry as it looks. Just carefully unplug anything that needs unplugging and remove the fasteners. The side panels come off first. Then the tank comes off, just go slow, don't force anything and note how everything goes.
There are probably some people out there who can remove the carb bank and the valve cover with the front fairing in place. I've done it but have found that with the fairing off those two procedures are a LOT easier. You have to remove the mirrors first. You'll need 1/4" drive, 10mm socket on a 6" extention w/ratchet. Turn signals next, they cleanly unplug from the harness. Just remove the allen screws from the black plastic fillers on each side of the dash. The dash and the plastic fillers stay in place when the fairing is removed in one piece. The fillers will then fall out and they are set in place first when it's time for reassembly.
Now that all the plastic and the tank is off the bike follow the instructions in the book for air cleaner and carb removal. Now's a good time to get a K&N air cleaner. They're around $45 but it's the last one you'll have to buy. It gets cleaned and oiled every other year, good for a million miles, no lie.
Here's a couple tips. Remove the throttle cable at the twist grip and leave it connected to the carb bank when you remove the carb bank, save you a lot of trouble. When the carb bank is out, if it hasn't been done, pop off the EPA plugs and reset the mixture screws to three turns out.
If any questions come up along the way, I'll be glad to help. Get a good start on this and while you've got everything apart we'll talk about the valve clearance check and carb sync when you're ready.
I'm more than happy to help, more guys should work on their bikes. They're really pretty simple. Good luck.
j98sprint
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