VM26 jet needle & slide assembly sanity check...

[mvalenti]

I read something somewhere (truly cant remember) about shimming the needle and the purpose of the fat OEM washer and it made me think that I dont have mine assembled proper...

From top (notched end) to bottom (pointy end) on jet needle....

Fat washer, e-clip, thin washer, spring...

Place into top of slide

attach plate with three holes, fasten with 2 screws..

correct? Somewhere I read that the spring was on top of the fat washer......

Now I f I am shimming, I replace the fat washer with shims... This is what I believe to be true..


Ok, now what does the spring actually do if nothing but hold the jet needle against the plate?

[rudeman]

You have it right. Take a look at the guide here:

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/images/vm_carb_rebuild.pdf

[mvalenti]

Thanks, and I did read through that as well. Page 7 shows a nice un-assembled view however, the slide, jet needle and spring are out of sequence.

[rudeman]

You have it right. I just destructed mine last night and that's the sequence mine were in as well.