carb and starter problem please help

i have gas leaking from my carbs from the back of the carb and from the over flow. do i need to prime them first?
im gona pull them off tomorrow and and clean the the float needles and seats but dose anyone have any other suggesion's.and where in gods name do i get a rebuild kit for my carbs and what brand are they 85 xj 700 maxim

as for the starter it seams like it turns over the bike but then its like it slips i did go with a push button start i dont know if thats the problem but anyone know if i can get a new one or what i can do?

thank you

 

Once you get your carbs right you will be able to fire your bike in a split second of hitting the starter, so I would work on the carbs first. You can get new jets etc. from Len at XJ4Ever. Sounds like your carbs not only need a good cleaning but the floats need to be set. Once you get this taken care of then you will want to vac. sync and colortune also.

 

Thank you for your reply I'm gona order rebuild kit for my carbs dose he have a full kit on xj4ever

 

Yes, Len has everything you will need.

 

ive been trying to go on his site but its down at the moment dose anyone know when its coming back i need a complete set to rebuild them.

floats rubber washers everything it takes dose he have that??

 

I'm sure Len can help with all that stuff, but be advised... there is no such thing as a "kit" you will just have to buy the componenets that you need.
If your carbs are flooding you may have cylinders that are locking hydraulicly making your starter seem to drag.
Priming only adds more fuel so dont do that.
Try shutting off all gas to your carbs and pulling the plugs and cranking the engine over. If it spins free then you know you were locking up by having flooded cylinders.

Let us know what happens when you try this.

 

Don't worry about the site just go to his catalog on the forum found here. Then pm or email him with what you need.

 

Start by reading the catalog section on model identification, work out exactly what bike you have first then you can correctly identify the carbs and correctly order the parts you need. If the carbs don't have Mikuni on the body they are most likely Hitachis, Len's catalog info will help you figure out what size and how they should be jetted as standard. You won't find a more helpful bloke to deal with and you will learn a lot about your carbs just pulling them down and working out what parts to buy.