possible missing part in carburetor
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:58 pm
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:53:18 -0000 "Steve"
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<><><><><><><> <><><><><><><> Steve, Wear eye protection!!! Maybe take the straw from the spray carb cleaner can and put it up the pilot screw hole. Give it a good spray and while spraying withdraw the straw. Maybe the hydraulic action will move the washer and o-ring out of the hole. I've also had to fish out the washer and o-ring and have had success with the above method and also had to use compressed air. And I've used a very very fine wire with a small hook bent on the end and fished them out. My suggestion to the running issue is you've got it figured out with either the main jet or the needle jet being partially clogged. Make sure you didn't put the needle jet (part #13) in upside down. It should stick up into the bore of the carb just a tad. Also make sure the you have the jet needle and the spring seat (parts #26 & 27) installed correctly. Folks have reported installing them incorrectly and having goofy running issues too. But I think those issues are usually at lower rpms. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT . . ____________________________________________________________ Globe Life Insurance $1* Buys $50,000 Life Insurance. Adults or Children. No Medical Exam. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d212d489a309a5b2afst02vuc> 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.
