Idle adjustment screw just barely engaging.

[thetable]

I just got done draining my fuel tank and a quick once over on the carbs to get all kinds of water out of the system. As I was putting everything back together, I noticed that the idle adjustment screw is just barely able to contact the stop to open the throttle plate. The spring on the assembly is stacked solid. Is there something simple I'm missing to fix this? Can I just take a couple coils out of the spring?



21 is fully compressed.

[DumbLuck]

pull the carbs and do a visual sync (with the idle screw backed out not making contact), and then a vacuum sync. that should reset the idle screw

[The CyberPoet]

I had found, once I disassembled mine on one Kat, that the sheath itself was defective at one end (where it couples with the fitting), and the result was that the cable wasn't getting the right amount of extension past the end of sheath as a result. If the idle hadn't been out-of-range for adjustment with known-good/cleaned carbs, it would have been an infuriating problem to find...

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

[steves]

I had found, once I disassembled mine on one Kat, that the sheath itself was defective at one end (where it couples with the fitting), and the result was that the cable wasn't getting the right amount of extension past the end of sheath as a result. If the idle hadn't been out-of-range for adjustment with known-good/cleaned carbs, it would have been an infuriating problem to find...

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

I've seen that a few times as well. I would suggest replacing part #19.