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02-03-2006, 05:22 PM
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| Newbie Joined: Feb 2006
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|  bad idle Hey guys, took my carbs off to clean them after sitting for a while. Everything went ok, nice and clean, however, when I put the carbs back on it idles up and down and when I give it throttle the rps come down real slow. Seems like too much or too little air. I tried adjusting the air/fuel screws on the bottom of carbs, but same thing. Any ideas ??? Thanks in advance for any help P.S. The air/fuel screws on the bottom of the carbs are a real pain in the *** to get to. So if your going to adjust them you will need an angle. Last edited by lexiboxr; 02-03-2006 at 05:24 PM. |
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02-03-2006, 09:58 PM
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| Fender Buffer   Joined: Sep 2005
Bike: 2005 GZ250 1973 "heavyoldandslow" GT750
Location: Roland, AR
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| It would help us to know what kind of bike you have. If there are vacuum hoses did you reinstall then? Are the floats set right?
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02-03-2006, 11:32 PM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum   Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| Did you get the carbs back to their original settings, or are they all bunged up?
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02-04-2006, 07:39 PM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| You'll need to find the original specs for screws. The question isn't whether the floats "work", but whether they're set to the correct height. Anyone have baseline settings for that bike?
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02-05-2006, 08:26 PM
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| *** I FOUND THE PROBLEM*** The butterflies were hammered. Way off settings. Reset them to normal cleaned and added gasked dressing to the vacuum diaphrams then BOOM. Fired right up. Had to adjust the settings a bit but that was the problem. Thanks for all your help and I hope this thread can help someone else  |
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02-06-2006, 12:08 AM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| Huh? You mean you were into the synchronizer screws?
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02-07-2006, 11:30 PM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| You really oughtta get them synchronized with gauges. You can't see or hear how far off they are, and it's crucial for a good idle.
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