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Carb dip assistance

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zathros said:
My idle screws are too tight to try and remove. I am going to have to heat the carb bodies. I may or may not do this, depending how the bike runs. The circuits are clean and gas is blowing out the hole. I'll know in a couple of days.
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You need to take them out and clean them, and replace the o-rings. You shouldn't have to heat the carb bodies up to get them out.
 
You shouldn't have to do a lot of things, but if your bike is parked for 18 years, there are some things you do (like easily removing idle screws) and some you don't. All passages in the carb are clean, the pilot jets are clean and there is a strong squirt into every venturi (including the idle circuit). I have rebuilt many engines and carbs. If it turns out to need adjusting (everything else is stock), then I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. The screws are frozen. Heating up the area would cause the different rates of expansion of the metals to free up the scew. I don't want to risk that yet. Next week, I might. If heat doesn't work then I will have to drill them out. Since I have a small machine shop this wouldn't be a problem but would be a pain in the a$$.

I have seen many people play with idle mixture screws when the problem was elsewhere, but, if they came out easily I would do it.
 
All idle screws are frozen.:( They are not leaking, but they are frozen. I removed the last 3 plugs since the last post. I am going to remount the carbs and pray:pray: the bike runs the same as it did. If it doesn't, well, that just will plain suck. I can easily blow carb cleaner through all four idle circuits (1 per carb, I mean) so they not clogged, I hope it all balances out, but then again, I suffer from Murphy's law.
 
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