Tool for checking float bowl level.

[Gs700esf]

.88 inches

setting the bowl height is the best thing that ever happened to my bike.
carbs were clean and the bike ran but it woulnd not hold idle or hold a steady top end. always hunting , so i figured i would try setting the float height . first problem was how long is .88 inches, turns out to be someting like 28 /32". got a small peice of copper and cut one out , looked kinda like a small golf club, next problem was where to place the base of the tool , the picture in the manual was bad , so i placed it in the grove where the bowl goes , all the floats were low, gauge was above the floats by just a few 32" bent all the tabs just a hair, now the bike idels perfect and holds a perfect 8K rmp. best thing tjat ever happened to the opl gs

thanks to everyone
this a a great site

wait till you hear about the front end

j

[49er]

Nert
That's some exercise you put yourself through. Aren't those carb bodies just about due for some helicoils. I guess if the floats all ended up within the Suzuki float level specs then you can sleep well.
Are you sure that it was only a two beer job?
I guess when winter rears its ugly head again down under, I'll have a crack at myself. I'm curious though, did you fit that clear window flush with the float bowl wall, or inside it or even outside it? If either of the last options, your volume will have changed slightly from standard.
Cheers

[nert]

49er
the very thin mylar window i epoxied to the inside of the bowl. Yes it could slightly change volume, but not the fuel level.
However, I could, leave my bottle opener in the bowl, and the fuel level would still remain the same.

Your right, on point (1) as well. There where more than 2 beers involved indeed, and that did, slightly alter the acceptable fuel level.

[BadBillyB]

I have a homemade one that works pretty good. I used a 1/4" brass 90 degree elbow. One end has a clear plastic hose, the other end has a rubber vacuum cap attached. The vacuum cap I knocked a 1/16" hole through the end of it with a discarded car antenna segment (they make great gasket hole cutters)....Nothing to screw in...Just remove the drain bolt, press the rubber cap to the hole and turn the gas on....The plastic tube rests right against the side of the bowl.......BadBillyB

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Thanks for the replies.