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grrr CARBS! @%$&#%@

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by Bobbybonez, Sep 12, 2012.

  1. Bobbybonez

    Bobbybonez Member

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    So I believe this issue to be carbs, but I'm no expert so I could very well be wrong. Yesterday after putting new oil in, I went to do some tuning on the bike. I took it out for a ride and set up to do some tuning. I started my sync and realized I was turn I g the wrong screw and the bike stalled. I bottomed out one of the other ones and matched the rotations out on the other one I messed up. The bike still wouldn't start with out choke after that. Today I went to try and figure it out and it started fine but took a while to warm up properly, but after driving it for a while, it seemed like it wasn't getting the gas properly.

    Before I got through the trouble of going through the carbs for probably the 15th time, could this be the petcock or electrical?
     
  2. MiGhost

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    Were you turning the sync screws. (3 screws between the carbs on the airbox side.), or the mixture screws (4 screws on the top of the carbs directly in front of the hats)?

    If it was the sync screws. Then you most likely blew your bench sync out the window. You should be able to get away with just a bench sync if that is the case. no need for a complete tear down of the carbs

    If it was the mixture screws. Set the screws to 2 1/2 - 3 turns, and then procede with vacuum sync, and color tune.

    Ghost
     
  3. Bobbybonez

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    Ya it was the sync screws.
     
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    Ya it was the sync screws.
     
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    Gonna have to take the carbs back off and bench sync them again
     

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