I've worked on a few bikes before and before I pull these carbs off ideas?
I bought this bike not running with the carb butterflies stuck. So I cleaned the carbs and loosened everything up and reassembled. Mounted up the carbs with funnels fueling the two carb lines and she started right up but raced to 4000 rpms. I bought the idle screw down and she would only drop a little and then played with the idle to see where the screw would engage and increase.. So I know the idle screw is off. I also verified the chokes are all closed and verified the throttle cable is loose. Bench synch I get it to carbs 101 and know the butterflies are all snapping closed (I can see that whacking the throttle).
All but one of the mixture screws were set at 2.5 turns out at disassembly but #3 was set at 3 turns out. I reset them all to 2.5 turns. The only real change I did was reset all the float heights much higher to make the seams parallel with the gasket surface. But this should drop the fuel level in the bowls and only affect midrange.. Right? Any other ideas before I pull the carbs? Oh and I did put the vacume hose back on carb 4 and plug the end going to the peacock. Side note, as long as I have power to the bike even with key off, the side fan is running..
I bought this bike not running with the carb butterflies stuck. So I cleaned the carbs and loosened everything up and reassembled. Mounted up the carbs with funnels fueling the two carb lines and she started right up but raced to 4000 rpms. I bought the idle screw down and she would only drop a little and then played with the idle to see where the screw would engage and increase.. So I know the idle screw is off. I also verified the chokes are all closed and verified the throttle cable is loose. Bench synch I get it to carbs 101 and know the butterflies are all snapping closed (I can see that whacking the throttle).
All but one of the mixture screws were set at 2.5 turns out at disassembly but #3 was set at 3 turns out. I reset them all to 2.5 turns. The only real change I did was reset all the float heights much higher to make the seams parallel with the gasket surface. But this should drop the fuel level in the bowls and only affect midrange.. Right? Any other ideas before I pull the carbs? Oh and I did put the vacume hose back on carb 4 and plug the end going to the peacock. Side note, as long as I have power to the bike even with key off, the side fan is running..
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