possible missing part in carburetor
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:53 pm
First, Happy New Year to everybody from Panama.
Current situation: After a year and a half I finally got the bike on the road on Friday (Yeaaaah !). Some of you might remember that the motor blew up on me in Brazil and I found a used motor replacement that I just got in). The bike ran fine up to about 2/3 throttle, then it cuts out if I don't reduce throttle. I figure that after that amount of time there is congealed gas somewhere (probably related to main jet), so I took the carb apart to do a complete cleaning.
The problem: Everything came apart fine except the pilot mixture screw assembly (parts # 17, 4,3, & 7 on page 172 of the Clymer manual). I was careful and didn't drop anything. The pilot mixture screw and spring came out, but there doesn't seem to be the O ring and washer (parts # 4 & 7) attached. Possible that they are still stuck down in the hole, but it's very hard to see.
Question: What is the best way to check if they are in the hole without damaging or scratching something? If they aren't, then what? My understanding is that the pilot screw handles low speed fuel flow, and that seemed to work fine.
Thanks for your help.