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Old 04-10-2012, 03:30 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by John Hopkins View Post
OK so you took the carbs out and removed the floats, replaced the seats, springs, filters and pistons, then you removed and cleaned the jets and the drain plug o'ring and the pilot jet o'ring, you counted the number of turns in to the stop and reset them that number out...how many was that, it should be about 2.5 turns. and you stripped the air cutoff valves cleaned and reseated the diaphragm in them...

did you use a touch of silicon gasket gel in the grooves to reseat the four diaphragms to that they didn't get pinched when you refitted them.

John.
Alright, let me clear something up. I haven't replaced anything in the carbs. I just took them apart so that I could see if anything was wrong. I need to replace the stuff I know but I don't have the cash right now to order the parts and won't for another week or so.

Now, I have taken the bike back apart, made sure there wasn't anything messed up when I put it back together, like nothing clogging the fuel lines or air lines. I also made sure I didn't knock anything loose from the ignition units.

Also, what 4 diaphragms are you talking about? This bike is only dual carb so I only have 2 vacuum pistons. Is that what you were referring to? and yeah it seems like they were fine and not pinched.

I took the carbs back off, and it seems like it was flooding itself. I think the floats are sticking open, but I don't know what I can do with them to keep the needle from sticking.
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