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idle mixture screw instructions
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 10:14 am
by kilrcalikawi
Someone requested that I give them the step by step instructions I
wrote for someone else, since i can't remember who it was I'll give
them to everyone, feel free to pick em apart all you want
Trev
0.5 go for a long ride and run all of the gas out of your tank (if
it's full it weighs like 40 pounds or something to that effect)
1. remove gas tank
2. remove throttle cables (it's only one screw that holds the bracket
on the side of the carb)
3. remove allen bolt from bottom of choke lever, the
whole lever and cable should come out (make sure you
can figure out how it goes back together), leave the
lever on the cable and just pull the cable down so
there is enough slack at the carb to let you rotate it
(you shouldn't have to cut any zip ties), be careful
with the connection at the carb it looks like it can
be broken easily (I tried to get it apart but I didn't
want to break it so I didn't mess with it anymore)
4. loosen the two clamps
5. turn carb so bottom faces towards the left, the
wiring harness might interfere a little with the carb
turning so just keep an eye on everything, turn the
carb slowly and don't force it, if it doesn't want to
turn make sure your clamps are loose and then look for
whatever the carb is hanging up on.
6. the idle mixture screw has a silver plug on in it,
it's at the end of a little tube that sticks out from
the bottom of the carb, it's pretty obvious, the plug
is about 1/8 thick, so drill it out with small hole,
you may want to put a piece of tape around your drill
bit to mark the 1/8 inch, there is probably another
1/8 on the other side before you hit the screw with
the drill bit. Once you have the hole drilled you
should be able to stick something in the hole and pry
the plug out.
7. take a small screwdriver, turn the screw all of
the way in until it bottoms lightly, don't tighten it,
then back it out about 2 1/4 turns. Put everything
back together and go for a ride, you'll like it.
disclamer:
If you screw up it's not my fault (i'll just point and laugh
klr kickstart
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 11:24 am
by Todd Kuss
Ricardo, I had a 95 (A9) and that was the last year in which a kickstart kit could be added. I never installed one, but thought about it when my battery was acting weak. Anyway, I believe that these kits may be becoming more and more rare. Someone else on the list may be able to direct you to where you may find one. (Fred?) (Jake?).
Good luck, although I never had the pleasure of kicking over a KLR650, I admire anyone who wants that option to be part of his (her) motorcyle experience. I think I still have scar tissue left over from scrapes and bruises obtained as a youngster ( the rupp 80cc or the riverside 50cc) when I had to kick the hell out of them when flooded.
Todd
Chaska MN
A16
idle mixture screw instructions
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 11:38 am
by John Lyon
You do not have to remove the gas tank. Just
disconnect the vacuum and main supply lines at the
petcock. Note: gas and hot engine parts do not mix
very well!
John
--- kilrcalikawi wrote:
> Someone requested that I give them the step by step
> instructions I
> wrote for someone else, since i can't remember who
> it was I'll give
> them to everyone, feel free to pick em apart all you
> want
>
> Trev
>
>
> 0.5 go for a long ride and run all of the gas out of
> your tank (if
> it's full it weighs like 40 pounds or something to
> that effect)
> 1. remove gas tank
> 2. remove throttle cables (it's only one screw that
> holds the bracket
> on the side of the carb)
> 3. remove allen bolt from bottom of choke lever, the
> whole lever and cable should come out (make sure you
> can figure out how it goes back together), leave the
> lever on the cable and just pull the cable down so
> there is enough slack at the carb to let you rotate
> it
> (you shouldn't have to cut any zip ties), be careful
> with the connection at the carb it looks like it can
> be broken easily (I tried to get it apart but I
> didn't
> want to break it so I didn't mess with it anymore)
> 4. loosen the two clamps
> 5. turn carb so bottom faces towards the left, the
> wiring harness might interfere a little with the
> carb
> turning so just keep an eye on everything, turn the
> carb slowly and don't force it, if it doesn't want
> to
> turn make sure your clamps are loose and then look
> for
> whatever the carb is hanging up on.
>
> 6. the idle mixture screw has a silver plug on in
> it,
> it's at the end of a little tube that sticks out
> from
> the bottom of the carb, it's pretty obvious, the
> plug
> is about 1/8 thick, so drill it out with small hole,
> you may want to put a piece of tape around your
> drill
> bit to mark the 1/8 inch, there is probably another
> 1/8 on the other side before you hit the screw with
> the drill bit. Once you have the hole drilled you
> should be able to stick something in the hole and
> pry
> the plug out.
>
> 7. take a small screwdriver, turn the screw all of
> the way in until it bottoms lightly, don't tighten
> it,
> then back it out about 2 1/4 turns. Put everything
> back together and go for a ride, you'll like it.
>
>
> disclamer:
> If you screw up it's not my fault (i'll just point
> and laugh
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idle mixture screw instructions
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 11:52 am
by kilrcalikawi
I had to take the tank off in order to get to one of the screws on
the clamps, it also made the whole operation a lot easier.
Trev
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., John Lyon wrote:
> You do not have to remove the gas tank. Just
> disconnect the vacuum and main supply lines at the
> petcock. Note: gas and hot engine parts do not mix
> very well!
>
> John
>
> --- kilrcalikawi wrote:
> > Someone requested that I give them the step by step
> > instructions I
> > wrote for someone else, since i can't remember who
> > it was I'll give
> > them to everyone, feel free to pick em apart all you
> > want
> >
> > Trev
> >
> >
> > 0.5 go for a long ride and run all of the gas out of
> > your tank (if
> > it's full it weighs like 40 pounds or something to
> > that effect)
> > 1. remove gas tank
> > 2. remove throttle cables (it's only one screw that
> > holds the bracket
> > on the side of the carb)
> > 3. remove allen bolt from bottom of choke lever, the
> > whole lever and cable should come out (make sure you
> > can figure out how it goes back together), leave the
> > lever on the cable and just pull the cable down so
> > there is enough slack at the carb to let you rotate
> > it
> > (you shouldn't have to cut any zip ties), be careful
> > with the connection at the carb it looks like it can
> > be broken easily (I tried to get it apart but I
> > didn't
> > want to break it so I didn't mess with it anymore)
> > 4. loosen the two clamps
> > 5. turn carb so bottom faces towards the left, the
> > wiring harness might interfere a little with the
> > carb
> > turning so just keep an eye on everything, turn the
> > carb slowly and don't force it, if it doesn't want
> > to
> > turn make sure your clamps are loose and then look
> > for
> > whatever the carb is hanging up on.
> >
> > 6. the idle mixture screw has a silver plug on in
> > it,
> > it's at the end of a little tube that sticks out
> > from
> > the bottom of the carb, it's pretty obvious, the
> > plug
> > is about 1/8 thick, so drill it out with small hole,
> > you may want to put a piece of tape around your
> > drill
> > bit to mark the 1/8 inch, there is probably another
> > 1/8 on the other side before you hit the screw with
> > the drill bit. Once you have the hole drilled you
> > should be able to stick something in the hole and
> > pry
> > the plug out.
> >
> > 7. take a small screwdriver, turn the screw all of
> > the way in until it bottoms lightly, don't tighten
> > it,
> > then back it out about 2 1/4 turns. Put everything
> > back together and go for a ride, you'll like it.
> >
> >
> > disclamer:
> > If you screw up it's not my fault (i'll just point
> > and laugh
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup
>
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idle mixture screw instructions
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 12:15 pm
by Mark
Or you can save the trouble altogether and get Jake's pilot screw
adjustment tool:
http://www.sagebrushmachine.com/pilottool.html
Mark
B2
A2
A3
At 4:52 PM +0000 6/13/02, kilrcalikawi wrote:
>I had to take the tank off in order to get to one of the screws on
>the clamps, it also made the whole operation a lot easier.
idle mixture screw instructions
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 12:21 pm
by kilrcalikawi
You still have to drill the plug out first, and unless you have a
really really really small (like microscopic) drill I don't think it
will fit under the carb.
(yes I have rebuttal for everything today)
Trev
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Mark wrote:
> Or you can save the trouble altogether and get Jake's pilot screw
> adjustment tool:
>
http://www.sagebrushmachine.com/pilottool.html
> Mark
> B2
> A2
> A3
>
> At 4:52 PM +0000 6/13/02, kilrcalikawi wrote:
> >I had to take the tank off in order to get to one of the screws on
> >the clamps, it also made the whole operation a lot easier.