29 smoothbores running on choke only
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29 smoothbores running on choke only
01 Dec 2008 19:39
Hey folks,
i cleaned my carbs while i was messing with a petcock issue the other day ,,carb cleaner....sprayed out my jets, removed the floats and cleaned my needle floats off & reinstalled them and the floats sprayed out my inlets and put em back on last night i tried to run it ...to many projects...and it wants full choke to even sound close to running good if i give it gas ir boggs if i take off the choke and give it gas it dies...i know ,i know, or once knew. whats wrong but am having a brain stall... i got a great perfomance and a normal manual so tomorrow night i'll re-read it it before tearing into the carbs again ...somthing simple i'm sure ...any help would be cool too,, as i am still rusty but trying to get stuff going ...peace craig
i cleaned my carbs while i was messing with a petcock issue the other day ,,carb cleaner....sprayed out my jets, removed the floats and cleaned my needle floats off & reinstalled them and the floats sprayed out my inlets and put em back on last night i tried to run it ...to many projects...and it wants full choke to even sound close to running good if i give it gas ir boggs if i take off the choke and give it gas it dies...i know ,i know, or once knew. whats wrong but am having a brain stall... i got a great perfomance and a normal manual so tomorrow night i'll re-read it it before tearing into the carbs again ...somthing simple i'm sure ...any help would be cool too,, as i am still rusty but trying to get stuff going ...peace craig
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Re: 29 smoothbores running on choke only
01 Dec 2008 19:54
What did you do with the VENT-LINES?
Did you leave them hanging,or did you happen to connect them from one set of (2) carbs to the other?
Did you leave them hanging,or did you happen to connect them from one set of (2) carbs to the other?
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Re: 29 smoothbores running on choke only
01 Dec 2008 20:17
i just put some lines on em and ran em up under my tank to frame to seat area. the smoothbores only have two "vents"?one between each inner and outer carbs and none on the bowls...peace
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Re: 29 smoothbores running on choke only
01 Dec 2008 20:25
Yes,I realize that.
And the lines are no way getting pinched anywhere?
To what point exactly,did you pull the carbs apart?
And the lines are no way getting pinched anywhere?
To what point exactly,did you pull the carbs apart?
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Re: 29 smoothbores running on choke only
01 Dec 2008 20:32
not pinched,,i only pulled the bowls and the floats and wiped off the seat needles under the float tabbs and sprayed out all the nooks and crannys ,no top work ,no air mixture screws,,,thanks( just making sure i was on the same page on the vents}
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Re: 29 smoothbores running on choke only
01 Dec 2008 20:47
I'd pullem again,and get some compressed air in there.
Chances are,you have some grit plugging up one of the choke circuits.
How bad did the bowls look when you pulled them off?
Chances are,you have some grit plugging up one of the choke circuits.
How bad did the bowls look when you pulled them off?
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Re: 29 smoothbores running on choke only
01 Dec 2008 20:52
grimy but not gritty,i'm gonna thanks for your answers i'm hitting the hay peace and dream wheelies craig
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Re: 29 smoothbores running on choke only
02 Dec 2008 05:21
The pilot circuits are dirty/obstructed.
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Re: 29 smoothbores running on choke only
02 Dec 2008 07:41
thanks george,
they were on now about 9 months or so since you last advised me on jets and mix screw settings and had lost a little of the clean open snap closed operation i rememberd them having so i cleaned the easy stuff...i must have got somthing in there maybe from a torn or ethanol chewed petcock diaphram.. or blew some dirt in instead of out...my bad...will correct ...peace and as allways thanks...
they were on now about 9 months or so since you last advised me on jets and mix screw settings and had lost a little of the clean open snap closed operation i rememberd them having so i cleaned the easy stuff...i must have got somthing in there maybe from a torn or ethanol chewed petcock diaphram.. or blew some dirt in instead of out...my bad...will correct ...peace and as allways thanks...
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2007 FZ1000
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