For a month ago i did a really good carb cleaning,And i also adjusted the float heights with a vernier caliper to the specs i the manual (22.4+-1.0mm),Since then the bike will not run good at high speed range.Feeling that the bike dont get enough fuel.Today i borrowed a adapter with a plastic tube, connected it to the the float bowls screw.Now it seems that the level is 4-6 mm under the spec in the manual that say: Fuel level 5.0+-1.0mm. I now wonder: If my carburetors are upside down and the bowls removed,Witch way should i bend the tounge of the float to get a higher fuel level???
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Bend the tang towards the float needle -
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Far be it for me to question a site superstar, but; If you bend the tang down towards the float needle, that increases the float height, but doesn't that decrease the amount of fuel allowed in the bowl? I am pretty sure for my carbs bending the needle down decreases the fuel but bending it up increases the fuel.
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ohhhh BUUUUURRRRRRRRNNNN!! hehehehehe just razzin ya Bill. Its easy, if you're just thinking about it, to get it backwards, because you have to think backwards to begin with, then invert it, then think backwards again.. so its then forwards...Far be it for me to question a site superstar, but; If you bend the tang down towards the float needle, that increases the float height, but doesn't that decrease the amount of fuel allowed in the bowl? I am pretty sure for my carbs bending the needle down decreases the fuel but bending it up increases the fuel.
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Brain fart. I'm wrong.
I didn't put that superstar bit on my title.
I'm no superstar, that's for sure.Comment
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To get Fuel level 5.0+-1.0mm,My floats now are between 20,2mm-20,8mm. 22,4 like the manual says are long gone for my carbs???Comment
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Bill,
It's official..You ARE elevated to SuperStar status. But,.. you are human too, so lead on..carefully....1980 Suzuki GS550E, 1981 Suzuki GS 1100EX all stock, 1983 Suzuki GS 1100EX modified, 1985 GS1150E, 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer, 1971 Kawasaki Mach lll 500 H1, 1973 Kawasaki Mach lV 750 H2.Comment
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It seems we differ... and it looks like, to me, that you are...to give a little special recognition to those folks who hang out here and go above and beyond, in terms of helping others here.
set your fuel levels with something like this item.
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Yes Rustybronco
I used just an item like that, when i measured the float heightsComment
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