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Message: [QUOTE="Colorado, post: 1071268, member: 60368"] I have a couple more questions about the KIPS. We pulled the right side cap when I was at his house on Thurs., and everything was pretty splooged up with exhaust carbons/oils. Looking at the picture John provided above, I can see that the shaft (#49406) runs through to the other side, and that removing the left side cap will provide semi-internal access to it. If I've got it right, two sets of parts (#12005 and #92143) drop into two holes in the top of the cylinder, resting on that shaft and actuated by it. To remove or replace those parts it looks like at least the head has to come off, and maybe the cylinder has to be turned upside down to shake them out. Do I have all of that right? Does that also mean that correctly cleaning it and inspecting all of the parts requires the top end to come off? My friend doesn't want to pull the cylinder right now. He's had the carb soaking overnight and plans to put it back together and go riding this afternoon, and is hoping that eliminates the hessitation it had at 1/4 throttle. How much KIPS cleaning can he do without pulling the jug? It looks to me like he can remove both right and left cover/caps and at least use a spray cleaner to de-gunk everything at both ends of the shaft. It also looks like he has to leave the shaft in, or the parts that drop in from the top will drop too low and make it impossible to get the shaft back in short of pulling the top end. Do I have that right? Thanks again in advance. [/QUOTE]

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