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I pulled and disassembled my carbs this weekend.
Upong putting setting the float height, I noticed that they all were exactly 13 mm as measured from the carb body to the very top of the float.
I didn't bother removing the A/F screw cap, because I figured if that cap is on, the screws should be at the factory spec (if it ain't broke, don't fix it).
Lastly, when trying to visual sync, I couldn't get the idle adjuster to reveal half of that tiny hole (maybe I didn't screw the adjustment scrwe far enough. It was late and I just ran out of gas last night). However, when I pulled the butterfly valves back maybe .5-1.0mm to reveal the hole. All of the valves did look to be in perfect alignment when I revealed the hole.
Question 1 - Is this a common thing? That all three things mentioned would be within spec to this degree? The PO didn't do any sort of maintenace other than oil change and battery change because he killed it. the bike sat for years (4,000 miles in 9 years).
The bike had a heck of a time starting and would occassionally die while riding, leading me to just pull the carbs check them out. I put in new spark plugs and all the plugs were coated in carbon. The plug from carb 4 was the worst; it had carbon around the electrode and also white and brown buildup around the nut. The plug from carb 3 had carbon and a little fuel on the electrode. The other two just had carbon. Also, there was carbon sitting all over the A/F screw cap on carb 4.
Question 2 - The carbon indicates a rich mix at that particular carb correct? What can I do to correct?
Question 3 - Anything from this post that generally stands out to anyone?
Upong putting setting the float height, I noticed that they all were exactly 13 mm as measured from the carb body to the very top of the float.
I didn't bother removing the A/F screw cap, because I figured if that cap is on, the screws should be at the factory spec (if it ain't broke, don't fix it).
Lastly, when trying to visual sync, I couldn't get the idle adjuster to reveal half of that tiny hole (maybe I didn't screw the adjustment scrwe far enough. It was late and I just ran out of gas last night). However, when I pulled the butterfly valves back maybe .5-1.0mm to reveal the hole. All of the valves did look to be in perfect alignment when I revealed the hole.
Question 1 - Is this a common thing? That all three things mentioned would be within spec to this degree? The PO didn't do any sort of maintenace other than oil change and battery change because he killed it. the bike sat for years (4,000 miles in 9 years).
The bike had a heck of a time starting and would occassionally die while riding, leading me to just pull the carbs check them out. I put in new spark plugs and all the plugs were coated in carbon. The plug from carb 4 was the worst; it had carbon around the electrode and also white and brown buildup around the nut. The plug from carb 3 had carbon and a little fuel on the electrode. The other two just had carbon. Also, there was carbon sitting all over the A/F screw cap on carb 4.
Question 2 - The carbon indicates a rich mix at that particular carb correct? What can I do to correct?
Question 3 - Anything from this post that generally stands out to anyone?
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