Mail came today, so I can start to reassemble. New base gaskets, bowl and needle seat gaskets, crank seals, front pads and un molested slides.
Here is the comparison with the un cut slides.
My guess is that the p.o. saw that at WOT the slides do not clear the through opening, thus shortening them to clear. Also, just a guess is that this model carb may have been used on a larger cc model bike, and the slides were changed for this model specifically to restrict air flow. Anyhow, I'll put the new slides in and see if the Japanese engineers knew better than the old farm boy lol this may be where the lean symptoms were coming from that made me suspect a need for crank seals as well, so before I split anything, I will replace these slides and see what I've got.
Going back together.
Here is the comparison with the un cut slides.
My guess is that the p.o. saw that at WOT the slides do not clear the through opening, thus shortening them to clear. Also, just a guess is that this model carb may have been used on a larger cc model bike, and the slides were changed for this model specifically to restrict air flow. Anyhow, I'll put the new slides in and see if the Japanese engineers knew better than the old farm boy lol this may be where the lean symptoms were coming from that made me suspect a need for crank seals as well, so before I split anything, I will replace these slides and see what I've got.
Going back together.