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  • Adler
    • Feb 2026

    #1

    carb slide different height

    So one of my carb slides appears to go much lower then the others.
    Three slides go down to about a cm from the bottom and the last one (leftmost) seems to go all the way down. This a normal thing? isnt it bolted directly to that bar?
  • Agemax
    Forum Guru
    • Apr 2008
    • 8371
    • plymouth uk

    #2
    it may be bolted in the wrong place preventing the other 3 from closing properly. try backing off the clamp screw on the bar and see if the other 3 drop down
    1978 GS1085.

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    • Guest

      #3
      CV carbs VM carbs?

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      • Steve
        GS Whisperer
        • Jun 2005
        • 35925
        • southwest oHIo

        #4
        What bike do you have?

        Specifically, what year?

        That will help us determine which carbs you have (unless you have changed them).

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        • Adler

          #5
          Its a '79 GS550L and i opened the top cap thingies and found a bolt with a flat head screw through it, loosening the bolt and then loosening the screw seems to have made the other carbs go down but i bet there is a proper way to tune this...?

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